migrate to vercel; bump version

bugfixes
Retro is now default palette
2026-04-14 11:03:50 +00:00 · 2026-03-31 12:11:30 -07:00 · 2026-03-31 12:00:27 -07:00 · 2026-03-31 11:29:30 -07:00 · 2026-03-31 11:12:24 -07:00 · 2026-03-30 18:21:27 -07:00
110 changed files with 4127 additions and 1394 deletions
--- a/.caddy/Caddyfile.local
+++ b/.caddy/Caddyfile.local
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-timmypidashev.local {
-  tls internal
-
-	reverse_proxy timmypidashev.dev:4321
-}
--- a/.caddy/Caddyfile.release
+++ b/.caddy/Caddyfile.release
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-timmypidashev.dev {
-  tls pidashev.tim@gmail.com
-
-	reverse_proxy timmypidashev.dev:3000
-}
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.local
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.local
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-FROM node:22-alpine
-
-ARG CONTAINER_WEB_VERSION
-ARG ENVIRONMENT
-ARG BUILD_DATE
-ARG GIT_COMMIT
-
-RUN set -eux \
-    & apk add \
-        --no-cache \
-        nodejs \
-        curl
-
-RUN curl -L https://unpkg.com/@pnpm/self-installer | node
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-COPY . .
-
-RUN echo "PUBLIC_VERSION=${CONTAINER_WEB_VERSION}" > /app/.env && \
-    echo "PUBLIC_ENVIRONMENT=${ENVIRONMENT}" >> /app/.env && \
-    echo "PUBLIC_BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" >> /app/.env && \
-    echo "PUBLIC_GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT}" >> /app/.env
-
-EXPOSE 3000
-
-CMD ["pnpm", "run", "dev"]
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.release
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-# Stage 1: Build and install dependencies
-FROM node:22-alpine AS builder
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Install necessary dependencies, including pnpm
-RUN set -eux \
-    && apk add --no-cache nodejs curl \
-    && npm install -g pnpm
-
-# Copy package files first (for better caching)
-COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml ./
-
-# Install dependencies
-RUN pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-
-# Now copy the rest of your source code
-COPY . .
-
-# Set build arguments
-ARG CONTAINER_WEB_VERSION
-ARG ENVIRONMENT
-ARG BUILD_DATE
-ARG GIT_COMMIT
-
-# Create .env file with build-time environment variables
-RUN echo "PUBLIC_VERSION=${CONTAINER_WEB_VERSION}" > /app/.env && \
-    echo "PUBLIC_ENVIRONMENT=${ENVIRONMENT}" >> /app/.env && \
-    echo "PUBLIC_BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" >> /app/.env && \
-    echo "PUBLIC_GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT}" >> /app/.env
-
-# Build the project
-RUN pnpm run build
-
-# Stage 2: Serve static files
-FROM node:22-alpine
-WORKDIR /app
-
-# Copy built files
-COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
-COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
-COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./package.json
-
-# Expose port 3000
-EXPOSE 3000
-
-# Deployment command
-CMD ["node", "./dist/server/entry.mjs"]
--- a/.github/scripts/deploy_release.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/deploy_release.sh
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# Set variables
-BRANCH_NAME="$1"
-COMMIT_HASH="$2"
-GHCR_USERNAME="$3"
-GHCR_TOKEN="$4"
-DEPLOY_TYPE="$5"
-REPO_OWNER="$6"
-COMPOSE_FILE="$7"
-CADDYFILE="$8"
-MAKEFILE="$9"
-
-# Echo out variable names and their content on single lines
-echo "BRANCH_NAME: $BRANCH_NAME"
-echo "COMMIT_HASH: $COMMIT_HASH"
-echo "GHCR_USERNAME: $GHCR_USERNAME"
-echo "DEPLOY_TYPE: $DEPLOY_TYPE"
-echo "REPO_OWNER: $REPO_OWNER"
-echo "COMPOSE_FILE: $COMPOSE_FILE"
-echo "CADDYFILE: $CADDYFILE"
-echo "MAKEFILE: $MAKEFILE"
-
-# Set the staging directory
-STAGING_DIR="/root/deployments/.staging-${COMMIT_HASH}"
-
-# Set the tmux session name for release
-TMUX_SESSION="deployment-release"
-
-# Function to cleanup existing release deployment
-cleanup_release_deployment() {
-    echo "Cleaning up existing release deployment..."
-    # Stop and remove all release containers
-    docker-compose -f "/root/deployments/release/docker-compose.yml" down -v 2>/dev/null
-    # Remove release images
-    docker rmi $(docker images "ghcr.io/$REPO_OWNER/*:release" -q) 2>/dev/null
-    # Kill release tmux session if it exists
-    tmux kill-session -t "$TMUX_SESSION" 2>/dev/null
-    # Remove release deployment directory
-    rm -rf /root/deployments/release
-}
-
-# Function to create deployment directory
-create_deployment_directory() {
-    echo "Creating deployment directory..."
-    mkdir -p /root/deployments/release
-}
-
-# Function to pull Docker images
-pull_docker_images() {
-    echo "Pulling Docker images..."
-    docker pull ghcr.io/$REPO_OWNER/web:release
-}
-
-# Function to copy and prepare files
-copy_and_prepare_files() {
-    echo "Copying and preparing files..."
-    # Copy files preserving names and locations
-    install -D "$STAGING_DIR/$COMPOSE_FILE" "/root/deployments/release/$COMPOSE_FILE"
-    install -D "$STAGING_DIR/$CADDYFILE" "/root/deployments/release/$CADDYFILE"
-    install -D "$STAGING_DIR/$MAKEFILE" "/root/deployments/release/$MAKEFILE"
-    # Replace {$COMMIT_HASH} with $COMMIT_HASH in $CADDYFILE
-    sed -i "s/{\$COMMIT_HASH}/$COMMIT_HASH/g" "/root/deployments/release/$CADDYFILE"
-    # Replace {commit_hash} with $COMMIT_HASH in $COMPOSE_FILE
-    sed -i "s/{commit_hash}/$COMMIT_HASH/g" "/root/deployments/release/$COMPOSE_FILE"
-}
-
-# Function to start the deployment
-start_deployment() {
-    echo "Starting deployment..."
-    # Create new tmux session with specific name
-    tmux new-session -d -s "$TMUX_SESSION"
-    tmux send-keys -t "$TMUX_SESSION" "cd /root/deployments/release && make run release" Enter
-}
-
-# Main execution
-cleanup_release_deployment
-create_deployment_directory
-copy_and_prepare_files
-cd "/root/deployments/release"
-pull_docker_images
-start_deployment
-echo "Release build $COMMIT_HASH deployed successfully!"
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[submodule "src/public/scripts"]
-	path = src/public/scripts
+[submodule "public/scripts"]
+	path = public/scripts
 	url = https://github.com/timmypidashev/scripts
--- a/src/.stackblitzrc
+++ b/src/.stackblitzrc
--- a/186
+++ b/186
@@ -1,186 +0,0 @@
-PROJECT_NAME							:= "timmypidashev.dev"
-PROJECT_AUTHORS 						:= "Timothy Pidashev (timmypidashev) <pidashev.tim@gmail.com>"
-PROJECT_VERSION 						:= "v2.1.1"
-PROJECT_LICENSE 						:= "MIT"
-PROJECT_SOURCES							:= "https://github.com/timmypidashev/web"
-PROJECT_REGISTRY						:= "ghcr.io/timmypidashev"
-PROJECT_ORGANIZATION					:= "org.opencontainers"
-
-CONTAINER_WEB_NAME						:= "timmypidashev.dev"
-CONTAINER_WEB_VERSION					:= "v2.1.1"
-CONTAINER_WEB_LOCATION					:= "src/"
-CONTAINER_WEB_DESCRIPTION				:= "My portfolio website!"
-
-.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
-.PHONY: watch run build push prune bump exec
-.SILENT: watch run build push prune bump exec
-
-help:
-	@echo "Available targets:"
-	@echo "  run           - Runs the docker compose file with the specified environment (local or release)"
-	@echo "  build         - Builds the specified docker image with the appropriate environment"
-	@echo "  push          - Pushes the built docker image to the registry"
-	@echo "  prune         - Removes all built and cached docker images and containers"
-	@echo "  bump          - Bumps the project and container versions"
-
-run:
-	# Arguments:
-	# [environment]: 'local' or 'release'
-	# 
-	# Explanation:
-	# * Runs the docker compose file with the specified environment(compose.local.yml, or compose.release.yml)
-	# * Passes all generated arguments to the compose file.
-	
-	# Make sure we have been given proper arguments.
-	@if [ "$(word 2,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" = "local" ]; then \
-		echo "Running in local environment"; \
-	elif [ "$(word 2,$(MAKECMDGOALS))" = "release" ]; then \
-		echo "Running in release environment"; \
-	else \
-		echo "Invalid usage. Please use 'make run local' or 'make run release'"; \
-		exit 1; \
-	fi
-
-	docker compose -f compose.$(word 2,$(MAKECMDGOALS)).yml up --remove-orphans
-
-
-build:
-	# Arguments
-	# [container]: Build context(which container to build ['all' to build every container defined])
-	# [environment]: 'local' or 'release'
-	#
-	# Explanation:
-	# * Builds the specified docker image with the appropriate environment.
-	# * Passes all generated arguments to docker build-kit.
-	
-	# Extract container and environment inputted.
-	$(eval INPUT_TARGET := $(word 2,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-	$(eval INPUT_CONTAINER := $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(INPUT_TARGET))))
-	$(eval INPUT_ENVIRONMENT := $(lastword $(subst :, ,$(INPUT_TARGET))))
-
-	# Call function container_build either through a for loop for each container 
-	# if all is called, or singularly to build the container.
-	$(if $(filter $(strip $(INPUT_CONTAINER)),all), \
-		$(foreach container,$(containers),$(call container_build,$(container) $(INPUT_ENVIRONMENT))), \
-		$(call container_build,$(INPUT_CONTAINER) $(INPUT_ENVIRONMENT)))
-
-push:
-	# Arguments
-	# [container]: Push context(which container to push to the registry)
-	# [version]: Container version to push.
-	#
-	# Explanation:
-	# * Pushes the specified container version to the registry defined in the user configuration.
-	
-	# Extract container and version inputted.
-	$(eval INPUT_TARGET := $(word 2,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-	$(eval INPUT_CONTAINER := $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(INPUT_TARGET))))
-	$(eval INPUT_VERSION := $(lastword $(subst :, ,$(INPUT_TARGET))))
-	
-	# Push the specified container version to the registry.
-	# NOTE: docker will complain if the container tag is invalid, no need to validate here.
-	@docker push $(PROJECT_REGISTRY)/$(INPUT_CONTAINER):$(INPUT_VERSION)
-
-prune:
-	# Removes all built and cached docker images and containers.
-
-bump:
-	# Arguments
-	# [container]: Bump context(which container version to bump)
-	# [semantic_type]: Semantic type context(major, minor, patch)
-	#
-	# Explanation:
-	# * Bumps the specified container version within the makefile config and the container's package.json.
-	# * Bumps the global project version in the makefile, and creates a new git tag with said version.
-	
-	# Extract container and semantic_type inputted.
-	$(eval INPUT_TARGET := $(word 2,$(MAKECMDGOALS)))
-	$(eval INPUT_CONTAINER := $(firstword $(subst :, ,$(INPUT_TARGET))))
-	$(eval INPUT_SEMANTIC_TYPE := $(lastword $(subst :, ,$(INPUT_TARGET))))
-	
-	# Extract old container and project versions.
-	$(eval OLD_CONTAINER_VERSION := $(subst v,,$(CONTAINER_$(shell echo $(INPUT_CONTAINER) | tr a-z A-Z)_VERSION)))
-	$(eval OLD_PROJECT_VERSION := $(subst v,,$(PROJECT_VERSION)))
-
-	# Pull docker semver becsause the normal command doesn't seem to work; also we don't need to worry about dependencies.
-	docker pull usvc/semver:latest
-
-	# Bump npm package.json file for selected container
-	cd $(call container_location,$(INPUT_CONTAINER)) && npm version $(shell docker run usvc/semver:latest bump $(INPUT_SEMANTIC_TYPE) $(OLD_CONTAINER_VERSION))
-
-	# Bump the git tag to match the new global version
-	git tag v$(shell docker run usvc/semver:latest bump $(INPUT_SEMANTIC_TYPE) $(OLD_PROJECT_VERSION))
-	
-	# Bump the container version and global version in the Makefile
-	perl -pi -e 's/^PROJECT_VERSION\s*:=\s*\K.*/"v$(shell docker run usvc/semver:latest bump $(INPUT_SEMANTIC_TYPE) $(OLD_PROJECT_VERSION))"/ if /^PROJECT_VERSION\s*:=/' Makefile;
-	perl -pi -e 's/^CONTAINER_$(shell echo $(INPUT_CONTAINER) | tr a-z A-Z)_VERSION\s*:=\s*\K.*/"v$(shell docker run usvc/semver:latest bump $(INPUT_SEMANTIC_TYPE) $(OLD_CONTAINER_VERSION))"/ if /^CONTAINER_$(shell echo $(INPUT_CONTAINER) | tr a-z A-Z)_VERSION\s*:=/' Makefile;
-	
-# This function generates Docker build arguments based on variables defined in the Makefile.
-# It extracts variable assignments, removes whitespace, and formats them as build arguments.
-# Additionally, it appends any custom shell generated arguments defined below.
-define args
-    $(shell \
-        grep -E '^[[:alnum:]_]+[[:space:]]*[:?]?[[:space:]]*=' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | \
-        awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":="} { \
-            gsub(/^[[:space:]]+|[[:space:]]+$$/, "", $$2); \
-            gsub(/^/, "\x27", $$2); \
-            gsub(/$$/, "\x27", $$2); \
-            gsub(/[[:space:]]+/, "", $$1); \
-            gsub(":", "", $$1); \
-            printf "--build-arg %s=%s ", $$1, $$2 \
-        }') \
-        --build-arg BUILD_DATE='"$(shell date)"' \
-		--build-arg GIT_COMMIT='"$(shell git rev-parse HEAD)"'
-endef
-
-# This function generates labels based on variables defined in the Makefile.
-# It extracts only the selected container variables and is used to echo this information
-# to the docker buildx engine in the command line.
-define labels
-	--label $(PROJECT_ORGANIZATION).image.title=$(CONTAINER_$(1)_NAME) \
-	--label $(PROJECT_ORGANIZATION).image.description=$(CONTAINER_$(1)_DESCRIPTION) \
-	--label $(PROJECT_ORGANIZATION).image.authors=$(PROJECT_AUTHORS) \
-	--label $(PROJECT_ORGANIZATION).image.url=$(PROJECT_SOURCES) \
-	--label $(PROJECT_ORGANIZATION).image.source=$(PROJECT_SOURCES)/$(CONTAINER_$(1)_LOCATION)
-endef
-
-# This function returns a list of container names defined in the Makefile.
-# In order for this function to return a container, it needs to have this format: CONTAINER_%_NAME!
-define containers
-    $(strip $(filter-out $(_NL),$(foreach var,$(.VARIABLES),$(if $(filter CONTAINER_%_NAME,$(var)),$(strip $($(var)))))))
-endef
-
-define container_build
-	$(eval CONTAINER := $(word 1,$1))
-	$(eval ENVIRONMENT := $(word 2,$1))
-	$(eval ARGS := $(shell echo $(args)))
-	$(eval VERSION := $(strip $(call container_version,$(CONTAINER))))
-	$(eval TAG := $(PROJECT_NAME):$(ENVIRONMENT))
-
-	@echo "Building container: $(CONTAINER)"
-	@echo "Environment: $(ENVIRONMENT)"
-	@echo "Version: $(VERSION)"
-
-	@if [ "$(strip $(ENVIRONMENT))" != "local" ] && [ "$(strip $(ENVIRONMENT))" != "release" ]; then \
-        echo "Invalid environment. Please specify 'local' or 'release'"; \
-        exit 1; \
-    fi
-
-	$(if $(filter $(strip $(ENVIRONMENT)),release), \
-		$(eval TAG := $(PROJECT_REGISTRY)/$(PROJECT_NAME):$(VERSION)), \
-	)
-
-	docker buildx build --load -t $(TAG) -f .docker/Dockerfile.$(ENVIRONMENT) ./$(strip $(subst $(SPACE),,$(call container_location,$(CONTAINER))))/. $(ARGS) $(call labels,$(shell echo $(CONTAINER_NAME) | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')) --no-cache
-endef
-
-define container_location
-    $(strip $(eval CONTAINER_NAME := $(shell echo $(1) | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'))) \
-    $(CONTAINER_$(CONTAINER_NAME)_LOCATION)
-endef
-
-define container_version
-	$(strip $(eval CONTAINER_NAME := $(shell echo $(1) | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'))) \
-	$(if $(CONTAINER_$(CONTAINER_NAME)_VERSION), \
-		$(shell echo $(strip $(strip $(CONTAINER_$(CONTAINER_NAME)_VERSION))) | tr -d '[:space:]'), \
-		$(error Version data for container $(1) not found))
-endef
--- a/src/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/src/astro.config.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineConfig } from "astro/config";
-import node from "@astrojs/node";
+import vercel from "@astrojs/vercel";
 import tailwind from "@astrojs/tailwind";
 import react from "@astrojs/react";
 import mdx from "@astrojs/mdx";
@@ -10,13 +10,7 @@ import sitemap from "@astrojs/sitemap";
 // https://astro.build/config
 export default defineConfig({
  output: "server",
-  server: {
-    host: true,
-    port: 3000,
-  },
-  adapter: node({
-    mode: "standalone",
-  }),
+  adapter: vercel(),
  site: "https://timmypidashev.dev",
  build: {
    // Enable build-time optimizations
--- a/compose.local.yml
+++ b/compose.local.yml
--- a/compose.release.yml
+++ b/compose.release.yml
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-services:
-  caddy:
-    container_name: caddy
-    image: caddy:latest
-    ports:
-      - 80:80
-      - 443:443
-    volumes:
-      - ./.caddy/Caddyfile.release:/etc/caddy/Caddyfile:rw
-    networks:
-      - proxy_network
-    depends_on:
-      - timmypidashev.dev
-      
-  watchtower:
-    container_name: updates
-    image: containrrr/watchtower
-    volumes:
-      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
-      - $HOME/.docker/config.json:/config.json
-    command: --interval 120 --cleanup --label-enable
-
-  timmypidashev.dev:
-    container_name: timmypidashev.dev
-    image: ghcr.io/timmypidashev/timmypidashev.dev:latest
-    networks:
-      - proxy_network
-
-networks:
-  proxy_network:
-    name: proxy_network
-    external: true
--- a/src/package.json
+++ b/src/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "name": "src",
-  "version": "2.1.1",
+  "name": "timmypidashev-web",
+  "version": "3.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "astro dev --host",
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@astrojs/mdx": "^5.0.3",
-    "@astrojs/node": "^10.0.4",
+    "@astrojs/vercel": "^10.0.3",
    "@astrojs/rss": "^4.0.18",
    "@astrojs/sitemap": "^3.7.2",
    "@giscus/react": "^3.1.0",
--- a/src/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/src/pnpm-lock.yaml
--- a/src/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/src/pnpm-workspace.yaml
--- a/src/public/blog/breaking-the-chromebook-cage/thumbnail.png
+++ b/src/public/blog/breaking-the-chromebook-cage/thumbnail.png
--- a/src/public/blog/my-first-post/thumbnail.png
+++ b/src/public/blog/my-first-post/thumbnail.png
--- a/src/public/blog/thinkpad-t440p-coreboot-guide/thumbnail.png
+++ b/src/public/blog/thinkpad-t440p-coreboot-guide/thumbnail.png
--- a/src/public/favicon.svg
+++ b/src/public/favicon.svg
--- a/src/public/me.jpeg
+++ b/src/public/me.jpeg
--- a/src/public/og-image.jpg
+++ b/src/public/og-image.jpg
--- a/src/public/pgp.asc
+++ b/src/public/pgp.asc
--- a/src/public/projects/darkbox/thumbnail.jpeg
+++ b/src/public/projects/darkbox/thumbnail.jpeg
--- a/src/public/projects/fhccenter/thumbnail.jpeg
+++ b/src/public/projects/fhccenter/thumbnail.jpeg
--- a/src/public/projects/iridescent/thumbnail.jpeg
+++ b/src/public/projects/iridescent/thumbnail.jpeg
--- a/src/public/projects/reviveauto/thumbnail.jpeg
+++ b/src/public/projects/reviveauto/thumbnail.jpeg
--- a/src/public/projects/web/thumbnail.jpeg
+++ b/src/public/projects/web/thumbnail.jpeg
--- a/public/scripts
+++ b/public/scripts
--- a/src/sandbox.config.json
+++ b/src/sandbox.config.json
--- a/src/README.md
+++ b/src/README.md
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Astro with Tailwind
-
-```
-npm init astro -- --template with-tailwindcss
-```
-
-[![Open in StackBlitz](https://developer.stackblitz.com/img/open_in_stackblitz.svg)](https://stackblitz.com/github/withastro/astro/tree/latest/examples/with-tailwindcss)
-
-Astro comes with [Tailwind](https://tailwindcss.com) support out of the box. This example showcases how to style your Astro project with Tailwind.
-
-For complete setup instructions, please see our [Styling Guide](https://docs.astro.build/guides/styling#-tailwind).
--- a/src/src/components/404/glitched-text.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/404/glitched-text.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect } from "react";

 const GlitchText = () => {
  const originalText = 'Error 404';
--- a/src/src/components/about/current-focus.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/current-focus.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/about/intro.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/intro.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { ChevronDownIcon } from "@/components/icons";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { ChevronDown } from "lucide-react";

 export default function Intro() {
  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export default function Intro() {
              className="text-foreground/50 hover:text-yellow-bright transition-colors duration-300"
              aria-label="Scroll to next section"
            >
-              <ChevronDownIcon size={40} className="animate-bounce" />
+              <ChevronDown size={40} className="animate-bounce" />
            </button>
          </div>
        </div>
--- a/src/src/components/about/outside-coding.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/outside-coding.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/about/stats-activity.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/stats-activity.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React from "react";

 interface ActivityDay {
  grand_total: { total_seconds: number };
--- a/src/src/components/about/stats-alltime.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/stats-alltime.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,14 @@ const Stats = () => {

      <style jsx>{`
        .bg-gradient-text {
-          background: linear-gradient(90deg, #fbbf24, #f59e0b, #d97706, #b45309, #f59e0b, #fbbf24);
+          background: linear-gradient(90deg,
+            rgb(var(--color-yellow-bright)),
+            rgb(var(--color-orange-bright)),
+            rgb(var(--color-orange)),
+            rgb(var(--color-yellow)),
+            rgb(var(--color-orange-bright)),
+            rgb(var(--color-yellow-bright))
+          );
          background-size: 200% auto;
          color: transparent;
          background-clip: text;
--- a/src/src/components/about/stats-detailed.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/stats-detailed.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/about/timeline.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/about/timeline.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/animate-in.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/animate-in.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";

 interface AnimateInProps {
  children: React.ReactNode;
--- a/src/components/animation-switcher/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/animation-switcher/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import {
+  getStoredAnimationId,
+  getNextAnimation,
+  saveAnimation,
+} from "@/lib/animations/engine";
+import { ANIMATION_LABELS } from "@/lib/animations";
+
+export default function AnimationSwitcher() {
+  const [hovering, setHovering] = useState(false);
+  const [currentLabel, setCurrentLabel] = useState("");
+  const committedRef = useRef("");
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    committedRef.current = getStoredAnimationId();
+    setCurrentLabel(ANIMATION_LABELS[committedRef.current]);
+
+    const handleSwap = () => {
+      const id = getStoredAnimationId();
+      committedRef.current = id;
+      setCurrentLabel(ANIMATION_LABELS[id]);
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener("astro:after-swap", handleSwap);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener("astro:after-swap", handleSwap);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleClick = () => {
+    const nextId = getNextAnimation(
+      committedRef.current as Parameters<typeof getNextAnimation>[0]
+    );
+    saveAnimation(nextId);
+    committedRef.current = nextId;
+    setCurrentLabel(ANIMATION_LABELS[nextId]);
+    document.dispatchEvent(
+      new CustomEvent("animation-changed", { detail: { id: nextId } })
+    );
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className="fixed bottom-4 left-4 z-[101] pointer-events-auto hidden md:block"
+      onMouseEnter={() => setHovering(true)}
+      onMouseLeave={() => setHovering(false)}
+      onClick={handleClick}
+      style={{ cursor: "pointer" }}
+    >
+      <span
+        className="text-foreground font-bold text-sm select-none transition-opacity duration-200"
+        style={{ opacity: hovering ? 0.8 : 0.15 }}
+      >
+        {currentLabel}
+      </span>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
--- a/src/components/background/engines/asciiquarium.ts
+++ b/src/components/background/engines/asciiquarium.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,574 @@
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+
+// --- ASCII Art ---
+
+interface AsciiPattern {
+  lines: string[];
+  width: number;
+  height: number;
+}
+
+function pat(lines: string[]): AsciiPattern {
+  return {
+    lines,
+    width: Math.max(...lines.map((l) => l.length)),
+    height: lines.length,
+  };
+}
+
+const FISH_DEFS: {
+  size: "small" | "medium";
+  weight: number;
+  right: AsciiPattern;
+  left: AsciiPattern;
+}[] = [
+  { size: "small", weight: 30, right: pat(["><>"]), left: pat(["<><"]) },
+  {
+    size: "small",
+    weight: 30,
+    right: pat(["><(('>"]),
+    left: pat(["<'))><"]),
+  },
+  {
+    size: "medium",
+    weight: 20,
+    right: pat(["><((o>"]),
+    left: pat(["<o))><"]),
+  },
+  {
+    size: "medium",
+    weight: 10,
+    right: pat(["><((('>"]),
+    left: pat(["<')))><"]),
+  },
+];
+
+const TOTAL_FISH_WEIGHT = FISH_DEFS.reduce((s, d) => s + d.weight, 0);
+
+const BUBBLE_CHARS = [".", "o", "O"];
+
+// --- Entity Interfaces ---
+
+interface FishEntity {
+  kind: "fish";
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  vx: number;
+  pattern: AsciiPattern;
+  size: "small" | "medium";
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  baseColor: [number, number, number];
+  opacity: number;
+  elevation: number;
+  targetElevation: number;
+  staggerDelay: number;
+}
+
+interface BubbleEntity {
+  kind: "bubble";
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  vy: number;
+  wobblePhase: number;
+  wobbleAmplitude: number;
+  char: string;
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  baseColor: [number, number, number];
+  opacity: number;
+  elevation: number;
+  targetElevation: number;
+  staggerDelay: number;
+  burst: boolean;
+}
+
+type AquariumEntity = FishEntity | BubbleEntity;
+
+// --- Constants ---
+
+const BASE_AREA = 1920 * 1080;
+const BASE_FISH = 16;
+const BASE_BUBBLES = 12;
+
+const TARGET_FPS = 60;
+const FONT_SIZE_MIN = 24;
+const FONT_SIZE_MAX = 36;
+const FONT_SIZE_REF_WIDTH = 1920;
+const LINE_HEIGHT_RATIO = 1.15;
+const STAGGER_INTERVAL = 15;
+const PI_2 = Math.PI * 2;
+
+const MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS = 150;
+const ELEVATION_FACTOR = 6;
+const ELEVATION_LERP_SPEED = 0.05;
+const COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT = 30;
+const SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO = 1.1;
+
+const FISH_SPEED: Record<string, { min: number; max: number }> = {
+  small: { min: 0.8, max: 1.4 },
+  medium: { min: 0.5, max: 0.9 },
+};
+
+const BUBBLE_SPEED_MIN = 0.3;
+const BUBBLE_SPEED_MAX = 0.7;
+const BUBBLE_WOBBLE_MIN = 0.3;
+const BUBBLE_WOBBLE_MAX = 1.0;
+
+const BURST_BUBBLE_COUNT = 10;
+
+// --- Helpers ---
+
+function range(a: number, b: number): number {
+  return (b - a) * Math.random() + a;
+}
+
+function pickFishDef() {
+  let r = Math.random() * TOTAL_FISH_WEIGHT;
+  for (const def of FISH_DEFS) {
+    r -= def.weight;
+    if (r <= 0) return def;
+  }
+  return FISH_DEFS[0];
+}
+
+// --- Engine ---
+
+export class AsciiquariumEngine implements AnimationEngine {
+  id = "asciiquarium";
+  name = "Asciiquarium";
+
+  private fish: FishEntity[] = [];
+  private bubbles: BubbleEntity[] = [];
+  private exiting = false;
+  private palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+  private width = 0;
+  private height = 0;
+  private mouseX = -1000;
+  private mouseY = -1000;
+  private elapsed = 0;
+  private charWidth = 0;
+  private fontSize = FONT_SIZE_MAX;
+  private lineHeight = FONT_SIZE_MAX * LINE_HEIGHT_RATIO;
+  private font = `bold ${FONT_SIZE_MAX}px monospace`;
+
+  private computeFont(width: number): void {
+    const t = Math.sqrt(Math.min(1, width / FONT_SIZE_REF_WIDTH));
+    this.fontSize = Math.round(FONT_SIZE_MIN + (FONT_SIZE_MAX - FONT_SIZE_MIN) * t);
+    this.lineHeight = Math.round(this.fontSize * LINE_HEIGHT_RATIO);
+    this.font = `bold ${this.fontSize}px monospace`;
+    this.charWidth = 0;
+  }
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    _bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.computeFont(width);
+    this.initEntities();
+  }
+
+  beginExit(): void {
+    if (this.exiting) return;
+    this.exiting = true;
+
+    // Stagger fade-out over 3 seconds
+    for (const f of this.fish) {
+      const delay = Math.random() * 3000;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        f.staggerDelay = -2; // signal: fading out
+      }, delay);
+    }
+    for (const b of this.bubbles) {
+      const delay = Math.random() * 3000;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        b.staggerDelay = -2;
+      }, delay);
+    }
+  }
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean {
+    if (!this.exiting) return false;
+    for (const f of this.fish) {
+      if (f.opacity > 0.01) return false;
+    }
+    for (const b of this.bubbles) {
+      if (b.opacity > 0.01) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  cleanup(): void {
+    this.fish = [];
+    this.bubbles = [];
+  }
+
+  private randomColor(): [number, number, number] {
+    return this.palette[Math.floor(Math.random() * this.palette.length)];
+  }
+
+  private getCounts(): { fish: number; bubbles: number } {
+    const ratio = (this.width * this.height) / BASE_AREA;
+    return {
+      fish: Math.max(5, Math.round(BASE_FISH * ratio)),
+      bubbles: Math.max(5, Math.round(BASE_BUBBLES * ratio)),
+    };
+  }
+
+  private initEntities(): void {
+    this.fish = [];
+    this.bubbles = [];
+
+    const counts = this.getCounts();
+    let idx = 0;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < counts.fish; i++) {
+      this.fish.push(this.spawnFish(idx++));
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < counts.bubbles; i++) {
+      this.bubbles.push(this.spawnBubble(idx++, false));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private spawnFish(staggerIdx: number): FishEntity {
+    const def = pickFishDef();
+    const goRight = Math.random() > 0.5;
+    const speed = range(FISH_SPEED[def.size].min, FISH_SPEED[def.size].max);
+    const pattern = goRight ? def.right : def.left;
+    const baseColor = this.randomColor();
+    const cw = this.charWidth || 9.6;
+    const pw = pattern.width * cw;
+
+    // Start off-screen on the side they swim from
+    const startX = goRight
+      ? -pw - range(0, this.width * 0.5)
+      : this.width + range(0, this.width * 0.5);
+
+    return {
+      kind: "fish",
+      x: startX,
+      y: range(this.height * 0.05, this.height * 0.9),
+      vx: goRight ? speed : -speed,
+      pattern,
+      size: def.size,
+      color: [...baseColor],
+      baseColor,
+      opacity: 1,
+      elevation: 0,
+      targetElevation: 0,
+      staggerDelay: -1,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private spawnBubble(staggerIdx: number, burst: boolean): BubbleEntity {
+    const baseColor = this.randomColor();
+    return {
+      kind: "bubble",
+      x: range(0, this.width),
+      y: burst ? 0 : this.height + range(10, this.height * 0.5),
+      vy: -range(BUBBLE_SPEED_MIN, BUBBLE_SPEED_MAX),
+      wobblePhase: range(0, PI_2),
+      wobbleAmplitude: range(BUBBLE_WOBBLE_MIN, BUBBLE_WOBBLE_MAX),
+      char: BUBBLE_CHARS[Math.floor(Math.random() * BUBBLE_CHARS.length)],
+      color: [...baseColor],
+      baseColor,
+      opacity: 1,
+      elevation: 0,
+      targetElevation: 0,
+      staggerDelay: -1,
+      burst,
+    };
+  }
+
+  // --- Update ---
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void {
+    const dt = deltaTime / (1000 / TARGET_FPS);
+    this.elapsed += deltaTime;
+
+    const mouseX = this.mouseX;
+    const mouseY = this.mouseY;
+    const cw = this.charWidth || 9.6;
+
+    // Fish
+    for (let i = this.fish.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      const f = this.fish[i];
+      if (f.staggerDelay >= 0) {
+        if (this.elapsed >= f.staggerDelay) f.staggerDelay = -1;
+        else continue;
+      }
+
+      // Fade out during exit
+      if (f.staggerDelay === -2) {
+        f.opacity -= 0.02 * dt;
+        if (f.opacity <= 0) { f.opacity = 0; continue; }
+      } else if (f.opacity < 1) {
+        f.opacity = Math.min(1, f.opacity + 0.03 * dt);
+      }
+
+      f.x += f.vx * dt;
+
+      const pw = f.pattern.width * cw;
+      if (f.vx > 0 && f.x > this.width + pw) {
+        f.x = -pw;
+      } else if (f.vx < 0 && f.x < -pw) {
+        f.x = this.width + pw;
+      }
+
+      const cx = f.x + (f.pattern.width * cw) / 2;
+      const cy = f.y + (f.pattern.height * this.lineHeight) / 2;
+      this.applyMouseInfluence(f, cx, cy, mouseX, mouseY, dt);
+    }
+
+    // Bubbles (reverse iteration for safe splice)
+    for (let i = this.bubbles.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      const b = this.bubbles[i];
+
+      if (b.staggerDelay >= 0) {
+        if (this.elapsed >= b.staggerDelay) b.staggerDelay = -1;
+        else continue;
+      }
+
+      // Fade out during exit
+      if (b.staggerDelay === -2) {
+        b.opacity -= 0.02 * dt;
+        if (b.opacity <= 0) { b.opacity = 0; continue; }
+      } else if (b.opacity < 1) {
+        b.opacity = Math.min(1, b.opacity + 0.03 * dt);
+      }
+
+      b.y += b.vy * dt;
+      b.x +=
+        Math.sin(this.elapsed * 0.003 + b.wobblePhase) *
+        b.wobbleAmplitude *
+        dt;
+
+      if (b.y < -20) {
+        if (b.burst) {
+          this.bubbles.splice(i, 1);
+          continue;
+        } else {
+          b.y = this.height + range(10, 40);
+          b.x = range(0, this.width);
+        }
+      }
+
+      this.applyMouseInfluence(b, b.x, b.y, mouseX, mouseY, dt);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private applyMouseInfluence(
+    entity: AquariumEntity,
+    cx: number,
+    cy: number,
+    mouseX: number,
+    mouseY: number,
+    dt: number
+  ): void {
+    const dx = cx - mouseX;
+    const dy = cy - mouseY;
+    const dist = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+
+    if (dist < MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS && entity.opacity > 0.1) {
+      const inf = Math.cos((dist / MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS) * (Math.PI / 2));
+      entity.targetElevation = ELEVATION_FACTOR * inf * inf;
+
+      const shift = inf * COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT * 0.5;
+      entity.color = [
+        Math.min(255, Math.max(0, entity.baseColor[0] + shift)),
+        Math.min(255, Math.max(0, entity.baseColor[1] + shift)),
+        Math.min(255, Math.max(0, entity.baseColor[2] + shift)),
+      ];
+    } else {
+      entity.targetElevation = 0;
+      entity.color[0] += (entity.baseColor[0] - entity.color[0]) * 0.1;
+      entity.color[1] += (entity.baseColor[1] - entity.color[1]) * 0.1;
+      entity.color[2] += (entity.baseColor[2] - entity.color[2]) * 0.1;
+    }
+
+    entity.elevation +=
+      (entity.targetElevation - entity.elevation) * ELEVATION_LERP_SPEED * dt;
+  }
+
+  // --- Render ---
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    _width: number,
+    _height: number
+  ): void {
+    if (!this.charWidth) {
+      ctx.font = this.font;
+      this.charWidth = ctx.measureText("M").width;
+    }
+
+    ctx.font = this.font;
+    ctx.textBaseline = "top";
+
+    // Fish
+    for (const f of this.fish) {
+      if (f.opacity <= 0.01 || f.staggerDelay >= 0) continue;
+      this.renderPattern(
+        ctx,
+        f.pattern,
+        f.x,
+        f.y,
+        f.color,
+        f.opacity,
+        f.elevation
+      );
+    }
+
+    // Bubbles
+    for (const b of this.bubbles) {
+      if (b.opacity <= 0.01 || b.staggerDelay >= 0) continue;
+      this.renderChar(ctx, b.char, b.x, b.y, b.color, b.opacity, b.elevation);
+    }
+
+    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+  }
+
+  private renderPattern(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    pattern: AsciiPattern,
+    x: number,
+    y: number,
+    color: [number, number, number],
+    opacity: number,
+    elevation: number
+  ): void {
+    const drawY = y - elevation;
+    const [r, g, b] = color;
+
+    // Shadow
+    if (elevation > 0.5) {
+      const shadowAlpha = 0.2 * (elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * opacity;
+      ctx.globalAlpha = shadowAlpha;
+      ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(0,0,0)";
+      for (let line = 0; line < pattern.height; line++) {
+        ctx.fillText(
+          pattern.lines[line],
+          x,
+          drawY + line * this.lineHeight + elevation * SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Main text
+    ctx.globalAlpha = opacity;
+    ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${r},${g},${b})`;
+    for (let line = 0; line < pattern.height; line++) {
+      ctx.fillText(pattern.lines[line], x, drawY + line * this.lineHeight);
+    }
+
+    // Highlight (top half of lines)
+    if (elevation > 0.5) {
+      const highlightAlpha = 0.1 * (elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * opacity;
+      ctx.globalAlpha = highlightAlpha;
+      ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(255,255,255)";
+      const topLines = Math.ceil(pattern.height / 2);
+      for (let line = 0; line < topLines; line++) {
+        ctx.fillText(pattern.lines[line], x, drawY + line * this.lineHeight);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private renderChar(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    char: string,
+    x: number,
+    y: number,
+    color: [number, number, number],
+    opacity: number,
+    elevation: number
+  ): void {
+    const drawY = y - elevation;
+    const [r, g, b] = color;
+
+    // Shadow
+    if (elevation > 0.5) {
+      const shadowAlpha = 0.2 * (elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * opacity;
+      ctx.globalAlpha = shadowAlpha;
+      ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(0,0,0)";
+      ctx.fillText(char, x, drawY + elevation * SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO);
+    }
+
+    // Main
+    ctx.globalAlpha = opacity;
+    ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${r},${g},${b})`;
+    ctx.fillText(char, x, drawY);
+
+    // Highlight
+    if (elevation > 0.5) {
+      const highlightAlpha = 0.1 * (elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * opacity;
+      ctx.globalAlpha = highlightAlpha;
+      ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(255,255,255)";
+      ctx.fillText(char, x, drawY);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // --- Events ---
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.exiting = false;
+    this.computeFont(width);
+    this.initEntities();
+  }
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, _isDown: boolean): void {
+    this.mouseX = x;
+    this.mouseY = y;
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void {
+    for (let i = 0; i < BURST_BUBBLE_COUNT; i++) {
+      const baseColor = this.randomColor();
+      const angle = (i / BURST_BUBBLE_COUNT) * PI_2 + range(-0.3, 0.3);
+      const speed = range(0.3, 1.0);
+      this.bubbles.push({
+        kind: "bubble",
+        x,
+        y,
+        vy: -Math.abs(Math.sin(angle) * speed) - 0.3,
+        wobblePhase: range(0, PI_2),
+        wobbleAmplitude: Math.cos(angle) * speed * 0.5,
+        char: BUBBLE_CHARS[Math.floor(Math.random() * BUBBLE_CHARS.length)],
+        color: [...baseColor],
+        baseColor,
+        opacity: 1,
+        elevation: 0,
+        targetElevation: 0,
+        staggerDelay: this.exiting ? -2 : -1,
+        burst: true,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void {}
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void {
+    this.mouseX = -1000;
+    this.mouseY = -1000;
+  }
+
+  updatePalette(
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    _bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.fish.length; i++) {
+      this.fish[i].baseColor = palette[i % palette.length];
+    }
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.bubbles.length; i++) {
+      this.bubbles[i].baseColor = palette[i % palette.length];
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/src/components/background/engines/confetti.ts
+++ b/src/components/background/engines/confetti.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,336 @@
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+
+interface ConfettiParticle {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  vx: number;
+  vy: number;
+  r: number;
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  baseColor: [number, number, number];
+  opacity: number;
+  dop: number;
+  elevation: number;
+  targetElevation: number;
+  staggerDelay: number;
+  burst: boolean;
+}
+
+const BASE_CONFETTI = 385;
+const BASE_AREA = 1920 * 1080;
+const PI_2 = 2 * Math.PI;
+const TARGET_FPS = 60;
+const SPEED_FACTOR = 0.15;
+const STAGGER_INTERVAL = 12;
+const COLOR_LERP_SPEED = 0.02;
+const MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS = 150;
+const ELEVATION_FACTOR = 6;
+const ELEVATION_LERP_SPEED = 0.05;
+const COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT = 30;
+const SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO = 1.1;
+
+function range(a: number, b: number): number {
+  return (b - a) * Math.random() + a;
+}
+
+export class ConfettiEngine implements AnimationEngine {
+  id = "confetti";
+  name = "Confetti";
+
+  private particles: ConfettiParticle[] = [];
+  private palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+  private width = 0;
+  private height = 0;
+  private mouseX = -1000;
+  private mouseY = -1000;
+  private mouseXNorm = 0.5;
+  private elapsed = 0;
+  private exiting = false;
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    _bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.mouseXNorm = 0.5;
+    this.initParticles();
+  }
+
+  beginExit(): void {
+    if (this.exiting) return;
+    this.exiting = true;
+
+    // Stagger fade-out over 3 seconds
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
+      const p = this.particles[i];
+      p.staggerDelay = -1; // ensure visible
+      // Random delay before fade starts, stored as negative dop
+      const delay = Math.random() * 3000;
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        p.dop = -0.02;
+      }, delay);
+    }
+  }
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean {
+    if (!this.exiting) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
+      if (this.particles[i].opacity > 0.01) return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  cleanup(): void {
+    this.particles = [];
+  }
+
+  private randomColor(): [number, number, number] {
+    return this.palette[Math.floor(Math.random() * this.palette.length)];
+  }
+
+  private getParticleCount(): number {
+    const area = this.width * this.height;
+    return Math.max(20, Math.round(BASE_CONFETTI * (area / BASE_AREA)));
+  }
+
+  private initParticles(): void {
+    this.particles = [];
+    const count = this.getParticleCount();
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      const baseColor = this.randomColor();
+      const r = ~~range(3, 8);
+      this.particles.push({
+        x: range(-r * 2, this.width - r * 2),
+        y: range(-20, this.height - r * 2),
+        vx: (range(0, 2) + 8 * 0.5 - 5) * SPEED_FACTOR,
+        vy: (0.7 * r + range(-1, 1)) * SPEED_FACTOR,
+        r,
+        color: [...baseColor],
+        baseColor,
+        opacity: 0,
+        dop: 0.03 * range(1, 4) * SPEED_FACTOR,
+        elevation: 0,
+        targetElevation: 0,
+        staggerDelay: i * STAGGER_INTERVAL + range(0, STAGGER_INTERVAL),
+        burst: false,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private replaceParticle(p: ConfettiParticle): void {
+    p.opacity = 0;
+    p.dop = 0.03 * range(1, 4) * SPEED_FACTOR;
+    p.x = range(-p.r * 2, this.width - p.r * 2);
+    p.y = range(-20, -p.r * 2);
+    p.vx = (range(0, 2) + 8 * this.mouseXNorm - 5) * SPEED_FACTOR;
+    p.vy = (0.7 * p.r + range(-1, 1)) * SPEED_FACTOR;
+    p.elevation = 0;
+    p.targetElevation = 0;
+    p.baseColor = this.randomColor();
+    p.color = [...p.baseColor];
+    p.burst = false;
+  }
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void {
+    const dt = deltaTime / (1000 / TARGET_FPS);
+    this.elapsed += deltaTime;
+
+    const mouseX = this.mouseX;
+    const mouseY = this.mouseY;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
+      const p = this.particles[i];
+
+      // Stagger gate
+      if (p.staggerDelay >= 0) {
+        if (this.elapsed >= p.staggerDelay) {
+          p.staggerDelay = -1;
+        } else {
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      // Gravity (capped so falling particles don't accelerate)
+      const maxVy = (0.7 * p.r + 1) * SPEED_FACTOR;
+      if (p.vy < maxVy) {
+        p.vy = Math.min(p.vy + 0.02 * dt, maxVy);
+      }
+
+      // Position update
+      p.x += p.vx * dt;
+      p.y += p.vy * dt;
+
+      // Fade in, or fade out during exit
+      if (this.exiting && p.dop < 0) {
+        p.opacity += p.dop * dt;
+        if (p.opacity < 0) p.opacity = 0;
+      } else if (p.opacity < 1) {
+        p.opacity += Math.abs(p.dop) * dt;
+        if (p.opacity > 1) p.opacity = 1;
+      }
+
+      // Past the bottom: burst particles removed, base particles recycle (or remove during exit)
+      if (p.y > this.height + p.r) {
+        if (p.burst || this.exiting) {
+          this.particles.splice(i, 1);
+          i--;
+        } else {
+          this.replaceParticle(p);
+        }
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      // Horizontal wrap
+      const xmax = this.width - p.r;
+      if (p.x < 0 || p.x > xmax) {
+        p.x = ((p.x % xmax) + xmax) % xmax;
+      }
+
+      // Mouse proximity elevation
+      const dx = p.x - mouseX;
+      const dy = p.y - mouseY;
+      const dist = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+
+      if (dist < MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS && p.opacity > 0.1) {
+        const influenceFactor = Math.cos(
+          (dist / MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS) * (Math.PI / 2)
+        );
+        p.targetElevation =
+          ELEVATION_FACTOR * influenceFactor * influenceFactor;
+
+        const shift = influenceFactor * COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT * 0.5;
+        p.color = [
+          Math.min(255, Math.max(0, p.baseColor[0] + shift)),
+          Math.min(255, Math.max(0, p.baseColor[1] + shift)),
+          Math.min(255, Math.max(0, p.baseColor[2] + shift)),
+        ];
+      } else {
+        p.targetElevation = 0;
+        p.color[0] += (p.baseColor[0] - p.color[0]) * 0.1;
+        p.color[1] += (p.baseColor[1] - p.color[1]) * 0.1;
+        p.color[2] += (p.baseColor[2] - p.color[2]) * 0.1;
+      }
+
+      // Elevation lerp
+      p.elevation +=
+        (p.targetElevation - p.elevation) * ELEVATION_LERP_SPEED * dt;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    _width: number,
+    _height: number
+  ): void {
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
+      const p = this.particles[i];
+      if (p.opacity <= 0.01 || p.staggerDelay >= 0) continue;
+
+      const drawX = ~~p.x;
+      const drawY = ~~p.y - p.elevation;
+      const [r, g, b] = p.color;
+
+      // Shadow
+      if (p.elevation > 0.5) {
+        const shadowAlpha =
+          0.2 * (p.elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * p.opacity;
+        ctx.globalAlpha = shadowAlpha;
+        ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(0,0,0)";
+        ctx.shadowBlur = 2;
+        ctx.shadowColor = "rgba(0,0,0,0.1)";
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(
+          drawX,
+          drawY + p.elevation * SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO,
+          p.r,
+          0,
+          PI_2
+        );
+        ctx.fill();
+        ctx.shadowBlur = 0;
+        ctx.shadowColor = "transparent";
+      }
+
+      // Main circle
+      ctx.globalAlpha = p.opacity;
+      ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${r},${g},${b})`;
+      ctx.beginPath();
+      ctx.arc(drawX, drawY, p.r, 0, PI_2);
+      ctx.fill();
+
+      // Highlight on elevated particles
+      if (p.elevation > 0.5) {
+        const highlightAlpha =
+          0.1 * (p.elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * p.opacity;
+        ctx.globalAlpha = highlightAlpha;
+        ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(255,255,255)";
+        ctx.beginPath();
+        ctx.arc(drawX, drawY, p.r, Math.PI, 0);
+        ctx.fill();
+      }
+    }
+
+    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+  }
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.initParticles();
+  }
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, _isDown: boolean): void {
+    this.mouseX = x;
+    this.mouseY = y;
+    if (this.width > 0) {
+      this.mouseXNorm = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, x / this.width));
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void {
+    const count = 12;
+    for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+      const baseColor = this.randomColor();
+      const r = ~~range(3, 8);
+      const angle = (i / count) * PI_2 + range(-0.3, 0.3);
+      const speed = range(0.3, 1.2);
+      this.particles.push({
+        x,
+        y,
+        vx: Math.cos(angle) * speed,
+        vy: Math.sin(angle) * speed,
+        r,
+        color: [...baseColor],
+        baseColor,
+        opacity: 1,
+        dop: this.exiting ? -0.02 : 0,
+        elevation: 0,
+        targetElevation: 0,
+        staggerDelay: -1,
+        burst: true,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void {}
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void {
+    this.mouseX = -1000;
+    this.mouseY = -1000;
+    this.mouseXNorm = 0.5;
+  }
+
+  updatePalette(palette: [number, number, number][], _bgColor: string): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
+      this.particles[i].baseColor = palette[i % palette.length];
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/src/components/background/engines/game-of-life.ts
+++ b/src/components/background/engines/game-of-life.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,670 @@
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+
+interface Cell {
+  alive: boolean;
+  next: boolean;
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  baseColor: [number, number, number];
+  currentX: number;
+  currentY: number;
+  targetX: number;
+  targetY: number;
+  opacity: number;
+  targetOpacity: number;
+  scale: number;
+  targetScale: number;
+  elevation: number;
+  targetElevation: number;
+  transitioning: boolean;
+  transitionComplete: boolean;
+  rippleEffect: number;
+  rippleStartTime: number;
+  rippleDistance: number;
+}
+
+interface Grid {
+  cells: Cell[][];
+  cols: number;
+  rows: number;
+  offsetX: number;
+  offsetY: number;
+}
+
+const CELL_SIZE_MOBILE = 15;
+const CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP = 25;
+const TARGET_FPS = 60;
+const CYCLE_TIME = 3000;
+const TRANSITION_SPEED = 0.05;
+const SCALE_SPEED = 0.05;
+const INITIAL_DENSITY = 0.15;
+const MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS = 150;
+const COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT = 30;
+const RIPPLE_ELEVATION_FACTOR = 4;
+const ELEVATION_FACTOR = 8;
+
+export class GameOfLifeEngine implements AnimationEngine {
+  id = "game-of-life";
+  name = "Game of Life";
+
+  private grid: Grid | null = null;
+  private palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+  private bgColor = "rgb(0, 0, 0)";
+  private mouseX = -1000;
+  private mouseY = -1000;
+  private mouseIsDown = false;
+  private mouseCellX = -1;
+  private mouseCellY = -1;
+  private lastCycleTime = 0;
+  private timeAccumulator = 0;
+  private pendingTimeouts: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>[] = [];
+  private canvasWidth = 0;
+  private canvasHeight = 0;
+  private exiting = false;
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.bgColor = bgColor;
+    this.canvasWidth = width;
+    this.canvasHeight = height;
+    this.lastCycleTime = 0;
+    this.timeAccumulator = 0;
+    this.grid = this.initGrid(width, height);
+  }
+
+  cleanup(): void {
+    for (const id of this.pendingTimeouts) {
+      clearTimeout(id);
+    }
+    this.pendingTimeouts = [];
+    this.grid = null;
+  }
+
+  private getCellSize(): number {
+    return this.canvasWidth <= 768 ? CELL_SIZE_MOBILE : CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP;
+  }
+
+  private randomColor(): [number, number, number] {
+    return this.palette[Math.floor(Math.random() * this.palette.length)];
+  }
+
+  private initGrid(width: number, height: number): Grid {
+    const cellSize = this.getCellSize();
+    const cols = Math.floor(width / cellSize);
+    const rows = Math.floor(height / cellSize);
+    const offsetX = Math.floor((width - cols * cellSize) / 2);
+    const offsetY = Math.floor((height - rows * cellSize) / 2);
+
+    const cells = Array(cols)
+      .fill(0)
+      .map((_, i) =>
+        Array(rows)
+          .fill(0)
+          .map((_, j) => {
+            const baseColor = this.randomColor();
+            return {
+              alive: Math.random() < INITIAL_DENSITY,
+              next: false,
+              color: [...baseColor] as [number, number, number],
+              baseColor,
+              currentX: i,
+              currentY: j,
+              targetX: i,
+              targetY: j,
+              opacity: 0,
+              targetOpacity: 0,
+              scale: 0,
+              targetScale: 0,
+              elevation: 0,
+              targetElevation: 0,
+              transitioning: false,
+              transitionComplete: false,
+              rippleEffect: 0,
+              rippleStartTime: 0,
+              rippleDistance: 0,
+            };
+          })
+      );
+
+    const grid = { cells, cols, rows, offsetX, offsetY };
+    this.computeNextState(grid);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < rows; j++) {
+        const cell = cells[i][j];
+        if (cell.next) {
+          cell.alive = true;
+          const tid = setTimeout(() => {
+            cell.targetOpacity = 1;
+            cell.targetScale = 1;
+          }, Math.random() * 1000);
+          this.pendingTimeouts.push(tid);
+        } else {
+          cell.alive = false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return grid;
+  }
+
+  private countNeighbors(
+    grid: Grid,
+    x: number,
+    y: number
+  ): { count: number; colors: [number, number, number][] } {
+    const neighbors = { count: 0, colors: [] as [number, number, number][] };
+
+    for (let i = -1; i <= 1; i++) {
+      for (let j = -1; j <= 1; j++) {
+        if (i === 0 && j === 0) continue;
+
+        const col = (x + i + grid.cols) % grid.cols;
+        const row = (y + j + grid.rows) % grid.rows;
+
+        if (grid.cells[col][row].alive) {
+          neighbors.count++;
+          neighbors.colors.push(grid.cells[col][row].baseColor);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return neighbors;
+  }
+
+  private averageColors(
+    colors: [number, number, number][]
+  ): [number, number, number] {
+    if (colors.length === 0) return [0, 0, 0];
+    const sum = colors.reduce(
+      (acc, color) => [acc[0] + color[0], acc[1] + color[1], acc[2] + color[2]],
+      [0, 0, 0]
+    );
+    return [
+      Math.round(sum[0] / colors.length),
+      Math.round(sum[1] / colors.length),
+      Math.round(sum[2] / colors.length),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  private computeNextState(grid: Grid): void {
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+        const { count, colors } = this.countNeighbors(grid, i, j);
+
+        if (cell.alive) {
+          cell.next = count === 2 || count === 3;
+        } else {
+          cell.next = count === 3;
+          if (cell.next) {
+            cell.baseColor = this.averageColors(colors);
+            cell.color = [...cell.baseColor];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+
+        if (cell.alive !== cell.next && !cell.transitioning) {
+          cell.transitioning = true;
+          cell.transitionComplete = false;
+
+          const delay = Math.random() * 800;
+          const tid = setTimeout(() => {
+            if (!cell.next) {
+              cell.targetScale = 0;
+              cell.targetOpacity = 0;
+              cell.targetElevation = 0;
+            } else {
+              cell.targetScale = 1;
+              cell.targetOpacity = 1;
+              cell.targetElevation = 0;
+            }
+          }, delay);
+          this.pendingTimeouts.push(tid);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private createRippleEffect(
+    grid: Grid,
+    centerX: number,
+    centerY: number
+  ): void {
+    const currentTime = Date.now();
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+
+        const dx = i - centerX;
+        const dy = j - centerY;
+        const distance = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+
+        if (cell.opacity > 0.1) {
+          cell.rippleStartTime = currentTime + distance * 100;
+          cell.rippleDistance = distance;
+          cell.rippleEffect = 0;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private spawnCellAtPosition(grid: Grid, x: number, y: number): void {
+    if (x >= 0 && x < grid.cols && y >= 0 && y < grid.rows) {
+      const cell = grid.cells[x][y];
+
+      if (!cell.alive && !cell.transitioning) {
+        cell.alive = true;
+        cell.next = true;
+        cell.transitioning = true;
+        cell.transitionComplete = false;
+        cell.baseColor = this.randomColor();
+        cell.color = [...cell.baseColor];
+        cell.targetScale = 1;
+        cell.targetOpacity = 1;
+        cell.targetElevation = 0;
+
+        this.createRippleEffect(grid, x, y);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  beginExit(): void {
+    if (this.exiting || !this.grid) return;
+    this.exiting = true;
+
+    // Cancel all pending GOL transitions so they don't revive cells
+    for (const id of this.pendingTimeouts) {
+      clearTimeout(id);
+    }
+    this.pendingTimeouts = [];
+
+    const grid = this.grid;
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+        // Force cell into dying state, clear any pending transition
+        cell.next = false;
+        cell.transitioning = false;
+        cell.transitionComplete = false;
+
+        if (cell.opacity > 0.01) {
+          const delay = Math.random() * 3000;
+          const tid = setTimeout(() => {
+            cell.targetOpacity = 0;
+            cell.targetScale = 0;
+            cell.targetElevation = 0;
+          }, delay);
+          this.pendingTimeouts.push(tid);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean {
+    if (!this.exiting) return false;
+    if (!this.grid) return true;
+
+    const grid = this.grid;
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        if (grid.cells[i][j].opacity > 0.01) return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void {
+    if (!this.grid) return;
+
+    if (!this.exiting) {
+      this.timeAccumulator += deltaTime;
+      if (this.timeAccumulator >= CYCLE_TIME) {
+        this.computeNextState(this.grid);
+        this.timeAccumulator -= CYCLE_TIME;
+      }
+    }
+
+    this.updateCellAnimations(this.grid, deltaTime);
+  }
+
+  private updateCellAnimations(grid: Grid, deltaTime: number): void {
+    const mouseX = this.mouseX;
+    const mouseY = this.mouseY;
+    const cellSize = this.getCellSize();
+
+    const transitionFactor =
+      TRANSITION_SPEED * (deltaTime / (1000 / TARGET_FPS));
+    const scaleFactor = SCALE_SPEED * (deltaTime / (1000 / TARGET_FPS));
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+
+        cell.opacity += (cell.targetOpacity - cell.opacity) * transitionFactor;
+        cell.scale += (cell.targetScale - cell.scale) * scaleFactor;
+        cell.elevation +=
+          (cell.targetElevation - cell.elevation) * scaleFactor;
+
+        const cellCenterX = grid.offsetX + i * cellSize + cellSize / 2;
+        const cellCenterY = grid.offsetY + j * cellSize + cellSize / 2;
+        const dx = cellCenterX - mouseX;
+        const dy = cellCenterY - mouseY;
+        const distanceToMouse = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+
+        if (distanceToMouse < MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS && cell.opacity > 0.1) {
+          const influenceFactor = Math.cos(
+            (distanceToMouse / MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS) * (Math.PI / 2)
+          );
+          cell.targetElevation =
+            ELEVATION_FACTOR * influenceFactor * influenceFactor;
+
+          const colorShift = influenceFactor * COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT * 0.5;
+          cell.color = [
+            Math.min(255, Math.max(0, cell.baseColor[0] + colorShift)),
+            Math.min(255, Math.max(0, cell.baseColor[1] + colorShift)),
+            Math.min(255, Math.max(0, cell.baseColor[2] + colorShift)),
+          ] as [number, number, number];
+        } else {
+          cell.color[0] += (cell.baseColor[0] - cell.color[0]) * 0.1;
+          cell.color[1] += (cell.baseColor[1] - cell.color[1]) * 0.1;
+          cell.color[2] += (cell.baseColor[2] - cell.color[2]) * 0.1;
+
+          cell.targetElevation = 0;
+        }
+
+        // During exit: snap to zero once close enough
+        if (this.exiting) {
+          if (cell.opacity < 0.05) {
+            cell.opacity = 0;
+            cell.scale = 0;
+            cell.elevation = 0;
+            cell.alive = false;
+          }
+        } else if (cell.transitioning) {
+          if (!cell.next && cell.opacity < 0.01 && cell.scale < 0.01) {
+            cell.alive = false;
+            cell.transitioning = false;
+            cell.transitionComplete = true;
+            cell.opacity = 0;
+            cell.scale = 0;
+            cell.elevation = 0;
+          } else if (cell.next && !cell.alive && !cell.transitionComplete) {
+            cell.alive = true;
+            cell.transitioning = false;
+            cell.transitionComplete = true;
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (cell.rippleStartTime > 0) {
+          const elapsedTime = Date.now() - cell.rippleStartTime;
+          if (elapsedTime > 0) {
+            const rippleProgress = elapsedTime / 1000;
+
+            if (rippleProgress < 1) {
+              const wavePhase = rippleProgress * Math.PI * 2;
+              const waveHeight =
+                Math.sin(wavePhase) * Math.exp(-rippleProgress * 4);
+
+              if (distanceToMouse >= MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS) {
+                cell.rippleEffect = waveHeight;
+                cell.targetElevation = RIPPLE_ELEVATION_FACTOR * waveHeight;
+              } else {
+                cell.rippleEffect = waveHeight * 0.3;
+              }
+            } else {
+              cell.rippleEffect = 0;
+              cell.rippleStartTime = 0;
+              if (distanceToMouse >= MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS) {
+                cell.targetElevation = 0;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    width: number,
+    height: number
+  ): void {
+    if (!this.grid) return;
+
+    const grid = this.grid;
+    const cellSize = this.getCellSize();
+    const displayCellSize = cellSize * 0.8;
+    const roundness = displayCellSize * 0.2;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+        if (
+          (cell.alive || cell.targetOpacity > 0) &&
+          cell.opacity > 0.01
+        ) {
+          const [r, g, b] = cell.color;
+
+          ctx.globalAlpha = cell.opacity * 0.9;
+
+          const scaledSize = displayCellSize * cell.scale;
+          const xOffset = (displayCellSize - scaledSize) / 2;
+          const yOffset = (displayCellSize - scaledSize) / 2;
+
+          const elevationOffset = cell.elevation;
+
+          const x =
+            grid.offsetX +
+            i * cellSize +
+            (cellSize - displayCellSize) / 2 +
+            xOffset;
+          const y =
+            grid.offsetY +
+            j * cellSize +
+            (cellSize - displayCellSize) / 2 +
+            yOffset -
+            elevationOffset;
+          const scaledRoundness = roundness * cell.scale;
+
+          // Shadow for 3D effect
+          if (elevationOffset > 0.5) {
+            ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(0, 0, 0, ${0.2 * (elevationOffset / ELEVATION_FACTOR)})`;
+            ctx.beginPath();
+            ctx.moveTo(x + scaledRoundness, y + elevationOffset * 1.1);
+            ctx.lineTo(
+              x + scaledSize - scaledRoundness,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1
+            );
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(
+              x + scaledSize,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1,
+              x + scaledSize,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledRoundness
+            );
+            ctx.lineTo(
+              x + scaledSize,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledSize - scaledRoundness
+            );
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(
+              x + scaledSize,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledSize,
+              x + scaledSize - scaledRoundness,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledSize
+            );
+            ctx.lineTo(
+              x + scaledRoundness,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledSize
+            );
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(
+              x,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledSize,
+              x,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledSize - scaledRoundness
+            );
+            ctx.lineTo(x, y + elevationOffset * 1.1 + scaledRoundness);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(
+              x,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1,
+              x + scaledRoundness,
+              y + elevationOffset * 1.1
+            );
+            ctx.fill();
+          }
+
+          // Main cell
+          ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${r},${g},${b})`;
+          ctx.beginPath();
+          ctx.moveTo(x + scaledRoundness, y);
+          ctx.lineTo(x + scaledSize - scaledRoundness, y);
+          ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x + scaledSize, y, x + scaledSize, y + scaledRoundness);
+          ctx.lineTo(x + scaledSize, y + scaledSize - scaledRoundness);
+          ctx.quadraticCurveTo(
+            x + scaledSize,
+            y + scaledSize,
+            x + scaledSize - scaledRoundness,
+            y + scaledSize
+          );
+          ctx.lineTo(x + scaledRoundness, y + scaledSize);
+          ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x, y + scaledSize, x, y + scaledSize - scaledRoundness);
+          ctx.lineTo(x, y + scaledRoundness);
+          ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x, y, x + scaledRoundness, y);
+          ctx.fill();
+
+          // Highlight on elevated cells
+          if (elevationOffset > 0.5) {
+            ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(255, 255, 255, ${0.1 * (elevationOffset / ELEVATION_FACTOR)})`;
+            ctx.beginPath();
+            ctx.moveTo(x + scaledRoundness, y);
+            ctx.lineTo(x + scaledSize - scaledRoundness, y);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(
+              x + scaledSize,
+              y,
+              x + scaledSize,
+              y + scaledRoundness
+            );
+            ctx.lineTo(x + scaledSize, y + scaledSize / 3);
+            ctx.lineTo(x, y + scaledSize / 3);
+            ctx.lineTo(x, y + scaledRoundness);
+            ctx.quadraticCurveTo(x, y, x + scaledRoundness, y);
+            ctx.fill();
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+  }
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void {
+    this.canvasWidth = width;
+    this.canvasHeight = height;
+    const cellSize = this.getCellSize();
+    if (
+      !this.grid ||
+      this.grid.cols !== Math.floor(width / cellSize) ||
+      this.grid.rows !== Math.floor(height / cellSize)
+    ) {
+      for (const id of this.pendingTimeouts) {
+        clearTimeout(id);
+      }
+      this.pendingTimeouts = [];
+      this.grid = this.initGrid(width, height);
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, isDown: boolean): void {
+    this.mouseX = x;
+    this.mouseY = y;
+    this.mouseIsDown = isDown;
+
+    if (isDown && this.grid && !this.exiting) {
+      const grid = this.grid;
+      const cellSize = this.getCellSize();
+      const cellX = Math.floor((x - grid.offsetX) / cellSize);
+      const cellY = Math.floor((y - grid.offsetY) / cellSize);
+
+      if (cellX !== this.mouseCellX || cellY !== this.mouseCellY) {
+        this.mouseCellX = cellX;
+        this.mouseCellY = cellY;
+
+        if (
+          cellX >= 0 &&
+          cellX < grid.cols &&
+          cellY >= 0 &&
+          cellY < grid.rows
+        ) {
+          const cell = grid.cells[cellX][cellY];
+          if (!cell.alive && !cell.transitioning) {
+            this.spawnCellAtPosition(grid, cellX, cellY);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void {
+    this.mouseIsDown = true;
+
+    if (!this.grid || this.exiting) return;
+    const grid = this.grid;
+    const cellSize = this.getCellSize();
+
+    const cellX = Math.floor((x - grid.offsetX) / cellSize);
+    const cellY = Math.floor((y - grid.offsetY) / cellSize);
+
+    if (
+      cellX >= 0 &&
+      cellX < grid.cols &&
+      cellY >= 0 &&
+      cellY < grid.rows
+    ) {
+      this.mouseCellX = cellX;
+      this.mouseCellY = cellY;
+
+      const cell = grid.cells[cellX][cellY];
+      if (cell.alive) {
+        this.createRippleEffect(grid, cellX, cellY);
+      } else {
+        this.spawnCellAtPosition(grid, cellX, cellY);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void {
+    this.mouseIsDown = false;
+  }
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void {
+    this.mouseIsDown = false;
+    this.mouseX = -1000;
+    this.mouseY = -1000;
+  }
+
+  updatePalette(palette: [number, number, number][], bgColor: string): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.bgColor = bgColor;
+
+    if (this.grid) {
+      const grid = this.grid;
+      for (let i = 0; i < grid.cols; i++) {
+        for (let j = 0; j < grid.rows; j++) {
+          const cell = grid.cells[i][j];
+          if (cell.alive && cell.opacity > 0.01) {
+            cell.baseColor = palette[(i * grid.rows + j) % palette.length];
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/src/components/background/engines/lava-lamp.ts
+++ b/src/components/background/engines/lava-lamp.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,520 @@
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+
+interface Blob {
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  vx: number;
+  vy: number;
+  baseRadius: number;
+  radiusScale: number;
+  targetRadiusScale: number;
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  targetColor: [number, number, number];
+  phase: number;
+  phaseSpeed: number;
+  staggerDelay: number; // -1 means already revealed
+}
+
+const BLOB_COUNT = 26;
+const BASE_MAX_BLOBS = 80; // at 1080p; scales with canvas area
+const MIN_SPEED = 0.1;
+const MAX_SPEED = 0.35;
+const RESOLUTION_SCALE = 5; // render at 1/5 resolution (was 1/4)
+const FIELD_THRESHOLD = 1.0;
+const SMOOTHSTEP_RANGE = 0.25;
+const MOUSE_REPEL_RADIUS = 150;
+const MOUSE_REPEL_FORCE = 0.2;
+const COLOR_LERP_SPEED = 0.02;
+const DRIFT_AMPLITUDE = 0.2;
+const RADIUS_LERP_SPEED = 0.06;
+const STAGGER_INTERVAL = 60;
+const CYCLE_MIN_MS = 2000; // min time between natural spawn/despawn
+const CYCLE_MAX_MS = 5000; // max time
+
+function smoothstep(edge0: number, edge1: number, x: number): number {
+  const t = Math.max(0, Math.min(1, (x - edge0) / (edge1 - edge0)));
+  return t * t * (3 - 2 * t);
+}
+
+export class LavaLampEngine implements AnimationEngine {
+  id = "lava-lamp";
+  name = "Lava Lamp";
+
+  private blobs: Blob[] = [];
+  private palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+  private bgRgb: [number, number, number] = [0, 0, 0];
+  private width = 0;
+  private height = 0;
+  private mouseX = -1000;
+  private mouseY = -1000;
+  private offCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement | null = null;
+  private offCtx: CanvasRenderingContext2D | null = null;
+  private shadowCanvas: HTMLCanvasElement | null = null;
+  private shadowCtx: CanvasRenderingContext2D | null = null;
+  private elapsed = 0;
+  private nextCycleTime = 0;
+  private exiting = false;
+
+  // Pre-allocated typed arrays for the inner render loop (avoid per-frame GC)
+  private blobX: Float64Array = new Float64Array(0);
+  private blobY: Float64Array = new Float64Array(0);
+  private blobR: Float64Array = new Float64Array(0);
+  private blobCR: Float64Array = new Float64Array(0);
+  private blobCG: Float64Array = new Float64Array(0);
+  private blobCB: Float64Array = new Float64Array(0);
+  private activeBlobCount = 0;
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.parseBgColor(bgColor);
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.nextCycleTime = CYCLE_MIN_MS + Math.random() * (CYCLE_MAX_MS - CYCLE_MIN_MS);
+    this.initBlobs();
+    this.initOffscreenCanvas();
+  }
+
+  private parseBgColor(bgColor: string): void {
+    const match = bgColor.match(/(\d+)/g);
+    if (match && match.length >= 3) {
+      this.bgRgb = [parseInt(match[0]), parseInt(match[1]), parseInt(match[2])];
+    }
+  }
+
+  private getMaxBlobs(): number {
+    const area = this.width * this.height;
+    const scale = area / 2_073_600; // normalize to 1080p
+    return Math.max(BASE_MAX_BLOBS, Math.round(BASE_MAX_BLOBS * scale));
+  }
+
+  private getRadiusRange(): { min: number; max: number } {
+    const area = this.width * this.height;
+    const scale = Math.sqrt(area / 2_073_600);
+    const min = Math.max(8, Math.round(25 * scale));
+    const max = Math.max(15, Math.round(65 * scale));
+    return { min, max };
+  }
+
+  private makeBlob(x: number, y: number, radiusOverride?: number): Blob {
+    const { min, max } = this.getRadiusRange();
+    const color = this.palette[
+      Math.floor(Math.random() * this.palette.length)
+    ] || [128, 128, 128];
+    return {
+      x,
+      y,
+      vx: (Math.random() - 0.5) * 2 * MAX_SPEED,
+      vy: (Math.random() - 0.5) * 2 * MAX_SPEED,
+      baseRadius: radiusOverride ?? (min + Math.random() * (max - min)),
+      radiusScale: 0,
+      targetRadiusScale: 1,
+      color: [...color],
+      targetColor: [...color],
+      phase: Math.random() * Math.PI * 2,
+      phaseSpeed: 0.0005 + Math.random() * 0.001,
+      staggerDelay: -1,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private initBlobs(): void {
+    this.blobs = [];
+    const { max } = this.getRadiusRange();
+    const minDist = max * 2.5; // minimum distance between blob centers
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < BLOB_COUNT; i++) {
+      let x: number, y: number;
+      let attempts = 0;
+
+      // Try to find a position that doesn't overlap existing blobs
+      do {
+        x = Math.random() * this.width;
+        y = Math.random() * this.height;
+        attempts++;
+      } while (attempts < 50 && this.tooCloseToExisting(x, y, minDist));
+
+      const blob = this.makeBlob(x, y);
+      blob.targetRadiusScale = 0;
+      blob.staggerDelay = i * STAGGER_INTERVAL + Math.random() * STAGGER_INTERVAL;
+      this.blobs.push(blob);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private tooCloseToExisting(x: number, y: number, minDist: number): boolean {
+    for (const blob of this.blobs) {
+      const dx = blob.x - x;
+      const dy = blob.y - y;
+      if (dx * dx + dy * dy < minDist * minDist) return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  private initOffscreenCanvas(): void {
+    const rw = Math.ceil(this.width / RESOLUTION_SCALE);
+    const rh = Math.ceil(this.height / RESOLUTION_SCALE);
+
+    this.offCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+    this.offCanvas.width = rw;
+    this.offCanvas.height = rh;
+    this.offCtx = this.offCanvas.getContext("2d", { willReadFrequently: true });
+
+    this.shadowCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+    this.shadowCanvas.width = rw;
+    this.shadowCanvas.height = rh;
+    this.shadowCtx = this.shadowCanvas.getContext("2d", {
+      willReadFrequently: true,
+    });
+  }
+
+  beginExit(): void {
+    if (this.exiting) return;
+    this.exiting = true;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.blobs.length; i++) {
+      const blob = this.blobs[i];
+      if (blob.staggerDelay >= 0) {
+        blob.staggerDelay = -1;
+      }
+      // Stagger the shrink over ~2 seconds
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        blob.targetRadiusScale = 0;
+      }, Math.random() * 2000);
+    }
+  }
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean {
+    if (!this.exiting) return false;
+    return this.blobs.length === 0;
+  }
+
+  cleanup(): void {
+    this.blobs = [];
+    this.offCanvas = null;
+    this.offCtx = null;
+    this.shadowCanvas = null;
+    this.shadowCtx = null;
+  }
+
+  /** Snapshot active blob data into flat typed arrays for fast inner-loop access */
+  private syncBlobArrays(): void {
+    const blobs = this.blobs;
+    const n = blobs.length;
+
+    // Grow arrays if needed
+    if (this.blobX.length < n) {
+      const cap = n + 32;
+      this.blobX = new Float64Array(cap);
+      this.blobY = new Float64Array(cap);
+      this.blobR = new Float64Array(cap);
+      this.blobCR = new Float64Array(cap);
+      this.blobCG = new Float64Array(cap);
+      this.blobCB = new Float64Array(cap);
+    }
+
+    let count = 0;
+    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+      const b = blobs[i];
+      const r = b.baseRadius * b.radiusScale;
+      if (r < 1) continue; // skip invisible blobs entirely
+      this.blobX[count] = b.x;
+      this.blobY[count] = b.y;
+      this.blobR[count] = r;
+      this.blobCR[count] = b.color[0];
+      this.blobCG[count] = b.color[1];
+      this.blobCB[count] = b.color[2];
+      count++;
+    }
+    this.activeBlobCount = count;
+  }
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void {
+    const dt = deltaTime / (1000 / 60);
+    this.elapsed += deltaTime;
+
+    for (const blob of this.blobs) {
+      // Staggered load-in
+      if (blob.staggerDelay >= 0) {
+        if (this.elapsed >= blob.staggerDelay) {
+          blob.targetRadiusScale = 1;
+          blob.staggerDelay = -1;
+        }
+      }
+
+      blob.radiusScale +=
+        (blob.targetRadiusScale - blob.radiusScale) * RADIUS_LERP_SPEED * dt;
+
+      blob.phase += blob.phaseSpeed * deltaTime;
+      const driftX = Math.sin(blob.phase) * DRIFT_AMPLITUDE;
+      const driftY = Math.cos(blob.phase * 0.7) * DRIFT_AMPLITUDE;
+
+      blob.vx += driftX * dt * 0.01;
+      blob.vy += driftY * dt * 0.01;
+      blob.vx += (Math.random() - 0.5) * 0.008 * dt;
+      blob.vy += (Math.random() - 0.5) * 0.008 * dt;
+
+      const speed = Math.sqrt(blob.vx * blob.vx + blob.vy * blob.vy);
+      if (speed > MAX_SPEED) {
+        blob.vx = (blob.vx / speed) * MAX_SPEED;
+        blob.vy = (blob.vy / speed) * MAX_SPEED;
+      }
+      if (speed < MIN_SPEED) {
+        const angle = Math.atan2(blob.vy, blob.vx);
+        blob.vx = Math.cos(angle) * MIN_SPEED;
+        blob.vy = Math.sin(angle) * MIN_SPEED;
+      }
+
+      blob.x += blob.vx * dt;
+      blob.y += blob.vy * dt;
+
+      const pad = blob.baseRadius * 0.3;
+      if (blob.x < -pad) { blob.x = -pad; blob.vx = Math.abs(blob.vx) * 0.8; }
+      if (blob.x > this.width + pad) { blob.x = this.width + pad; blob.vx = -Math.abs(blob.vx) * 0.8; }
+      if (blob.y < -pad) { blob.y = -pad; blob.vy = Math.abs(blob.vy) * 0.8; }
+      if (blob.y > this.height + pad) { blob.y = this.height + pad; blob.vy = -Math.abs(blob.vy) * 0.8; }
+
+      // Mouse repulsion
+      const dx = blob.x - this.mouseX;
+      const dy = blob.y - this.mouseY;
+      const dist = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+      if (dist < MOUSE_REPEL_RADIUS && dist > 0) {
+        const force = (1 - dist / MOUSE_REPEL_RADIUS) * MOUSE_REPEL_FORCE * dt;
+        blob.vx += (dx / dist) * force;
+        blob.vy += (dy / dist) * force;
+      }
+
+      for (let c = 0; c < 3; c++) {
+        blob.color[c] += (blob.targetColor[c] - blob.color[c]) * COLOR_LERP_SPEED * dt;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Remove blobs that have fully shrunk away (but not ones still waiting to stagger in)
+    for (let i = this.blobs.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      const b = this.blobs[i];
+      if (b.targetRadiusScale === 0 && b.radiusScale < 0.01 && b.staggerDelay < 0) {
+        this.blobs.splice(i, 1);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Natural spawn/despawn cycle — keeps the scene alive
+    if (!this.exiting && this.elapsed >= this.nextCycleTime) {
+      // Pick a random visible blob to fade out (skip ones still staggering in)
+      const visible = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < this.blobs.length; i++) {
+        if (this.blobs[i].radiusScale > 0.5 && this.blobs[i].staggerDelay < 0) {
+          visible.push(i);
+        }
+      }
+      if (visible.length > 0) {
+        const killIdx = visible[Math.floor(Math.random() * visible.length)];
+        this.blobs[killIdx].targetRadiusScale = 0;
+      }
+
+      // Spawn a fresh one at a random position
+      const blob = this.makeBlob(
+        Math.random() * this.width,
+        Math.random() * this.height
+      );
+      this.blobs.push(blob);
+
+      // Schedule next cycle
+      this.nextCycleTime = this.elapsed + CYCLE_MIN_MS + Math.random() * (CYCLE_MAX_MS - CYCLE_MIN_MS);
+    }
+
+    // Prune excess blobs (keep the initial set, drop oldest user-spawned ones)
+    const maxBlobs = this.getMaxBlobs();
+    if (this.blobs.length > maxBlobs) {
+      this.blobs.splice(BLOB_COUNT, this.blobs.length - maxBlobs);
+    }
+  }
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    width: number,
+    height: number
+  ): void {
+    if (!this.offCtx || !this.offCanvas || !this.shadowCtx || !this.shadowCanvas)
+      return;
+
+    // Snapshot blob positions/radii into typed arrays for fast pixel loop
+    this.syncBlobArrays();
+
+    const rw = this.offCanvas.width;
+    const rh = this.offCanvas.height;
+
+    // Render shadow layer
+    const shadowData = this.shadowCtx.createImageData(rw, rh);
+    this.renderField(shadowData, rw, rh, true);
+    this.shadowCtx.putImageData(shadowData, 0, 0);
+
+    // Render main layer
+    const imageData = this.offCtx.createImageData(rw, rh);
+    this.renderField(imageData, rw, rh, false);
+    this.offCtx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
+
+    ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = true;
+    ctx.imageSmoothingQuality = "medium";
+
+    ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;
+    ctx.drawImage(this.shadowCanvas, 0, 4, width, height);
+
+    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+    ctx.drawImage(this.offCanvas, 0, 0, width, height);
+  }
+
+  private renderField(
+    imageData: ImageData,
+    rw: number,
+    rh: number,
+    isShadow: boolean
+  ): void {
+    const data = imageData.data;
+    const threshold = isShadow ? FIELD_THRESHOLD * 0.75 : FIELD_THRESHOLD;
+    const bgR = this.bgRgb[0];
+    const bgG = this.bgRgb[1];
+    const bgB = this.bgRgb[2];
+    const scale = RESOLUTION_SCALE;
+    const n = this.activeBlobCount;
+    const bx = this.blobX;
+    const by = this.blobY;
+    const br = this.blobR;
+    const bcr = this.blobCR;
+    const bcg = this.blobCG;
+    const bcb = this.blobCB;
+    const threshLow = threshold - SMOOTHSTEP_RANGE;
+
+    for (let py = 0; py < rh; py++) {
+      const wy = py * scale;
+      for (let px = 0; px < rw; px++) {
+        const wx = px * scale;
+
+        let fieldSum = 0;
+        let weightedR = 0;
+        let weightedG = 0;
+        let weightedB = 0;
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+          const dx = wx - bx[i];
+          const dy = wy - by[i];
+          const distSq = dx * dx + dy * dy;
+          const ri = br[i];
+          const rSq = ri * ri;
+          // Raw metaball field
+          const raw = rSq / (distSq + rSq * 0.1);
+          // Cap per-blob contribution so color stays flat inside the blob
+          const contribution = raw > 2 ? 2 : raw;
+
+          fieldSum += contribution;
+
+          if (contribution > 0.01) {
+            weightedR += bcr[i] * contribution;
+            weightedG += bcg[i] * contribution;
+            weightedB += bcb[i] * contribution;
+          }
+        }
+
+        const idx = (py * rw + px) << 2;
+
+        if (fieldSum > threshLow) {
+          const alpha = smoothstep(threshLow, threshold, fieldSum);
+
+          if (isShadow) {
+            data[idx] = 0;
+            data[idx + 1] = 0;
+            data[idx + 2] = 0;
+            data[idx + 3] = (alpha * 150) | 0;
+          } else {
+            const invField = 1 / fieldSum;
+            const r = Math.min(255, (weightedR * invField) | 0);
+            const g = Math.min(255, (weightedG * invField) | 0);
+            const b = Math.min(255, (weightedB * invField) | 0);
+
+            data[idx] = bgR + (r - bgR) * alpha;
+            data[idx + 1] = bgG + (g - bgG) * alpha;
+            data[idx + 2] = bgB + (b - bgB) * alpha;
+            data[idx + 3] = 255;
+          }
+        } else {
+          if (isShadow) {
+            // data stays 0 (already zeroed by createImageData)
+          } else {
+            data[idx] = bgR;
+            data[idx + 1] = bgG;
+            data[idx + 2] = bgB;
+            data[idx + 3] = 255;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.exiting = false;
+    this.nextCycleTime = CYCLE_MIN_MS + Math.random() * (CYCLE_MAX_MS - CYCLE_MIN_MS);
+    this.initBlobs();
+    this.initOffscreenCanvas();
+  }
+
+  private sampleColorAt(x: number, y: number): [number, number, number] | null {
+    let closest: Blob | null = null;
+    let closestDist = Infinity;
+
+    for (const blob of this.blobs) {
+      const dx = blob.x - x;
+      const dy = blob.y - y;
+      const dist = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+      if (dist < blob.baseRadius * 1.5 && dist < closestDist) {
+        closestDist = dist;
+        closest = blob;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return closest ? ([...closest.color] as [number, number, number]) : null;
+  }
+
+  private spawnAt(x: number, y: number): void {
+    const { max } = this.getRadiusRange();
+    const blob = this.makeBlob(x, y, max * (0.8 + Math.random() * 0.4));
+    const nearby = this.sampleColorAt(x, y);
+    if (nearby) {
+      blob.color = nearby;
+      blob.targetColor = [...nearby];
+    }
+    this.blobs.push(blob);
+  }
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, _isDown: boolean): void {
+    this.mouseX = x;
+    this.mouseY = y;
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void {
+    if (this.exiting) return;
+    this.spawnAt(x, y);
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void {}
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void {
+    this.mouseX = -1000;
+    this.mouseY = -1000;
+  }
+
+  updatePalette(palette: [number, number, number][], bgColor: string): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.parseBgColor(bgColor);
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.blobs.length; i++) {
+      this.blobs[i].targetColor = [
+        ...palette[i % palette.length],
+      ] as [number, number, number];
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/src/components/background/engines/pipes.ts
+++ b/src/components/background/engines/pipes.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,480 @@
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+
+// --- Directions ---
+
+type Dir = 0 | 1 | 2 | 3; // up, right, down, left
+const DX = [0, 1, 0, -1];
+const DY = [-1, 0, 1, 0];
+
+// Box-drawing characters
+const HORIZONTAL = "\u2501"; // ━
+const VERTICAL = "\u2503"; // ┃
+// Corner pieces: [oldDir]-[newDir]
+// oldDir determines entry side (opposite), newDir determines exit side
+// ┏ = RIGHT+BOTTOM, ┓ = LEFT+BOTTOM, ┗ = RIGHT+TOP, ┛ = LEFT+TOP
+const CORNER: Record<string, string> = {
+  "0-1": "\u250F", // ┏  enter BOTTOM, exit RIGHT
+  "0-3": "\u2513", // ┓  enter BOTTOM, exit LEFT
+  "1-0": "\u251B", // ┛  enter LEFT, exit TOP
+  "1-2": "\u2513", // ┓  enter LEFT, exit BOTTOM
+  "2-1": "\u2517", // ┗  enter TOP, exit RIGHT
+  "2-3": "\u251B", // ┛  enter TOP, exit LEFT
+  "3-0": "\u2517", // ┗  enter RIGHT, exit TOP
+  "3-2": "\u250F", // ┏  enter RIGHT, exit BOTTOM
+};
+
+function getStraightChar(dir: Dir): string {
+  return dir === 0 || dir === 2 ? VERTICAL : HORIZONTAL;
+}
+
+function getCornerChar(fromDir: Dir, toDir: Dir): string {
+  return CORNER[`${fromDir}-${toDir}`] || HORIZONTAL;
+}
+
+// --- Grid Cell ---
+
+interface PipeCell {
+  char: string;
+  pipeId: number;
+  placedAt: number;
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  baseColor: [number, number, number];
+  opacity: number;
+  elevation: number;
+  targetElevation: number;
+  fadeOut: boolean;
+}
+
+// --- Active Pipe ---
+
+interface ActivePipe {
+  id: number;
+  x: number;
+  y: number;
+  dir: Dir;
+  color: [number, number, number];
+  spawnDelay: number;
+}
+
+// --- Constants ---
+
+const CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP = 20;
+const CELL_SIZE_MOBILE = 14;
+const MAX_ACTIVE_PIPES = 4;
+const GROW_INTERVAL = 80;
+const TURN_CHANCE = 0.3;
+const TARGET_FPS = 60;
+const PIPE_LIFETIME = 12_000; // ms before a pipe's segments start fading
+const FADE_IN_SPEED = 0.06;
+const FADE_OUT_SPEED = 0.02;
+
+const MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS = 150;
+const ELEVATION_FACTOR = 6;
+const ELEVATION_LERP_SPEED = 0.05;
+const COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT = 30;
+const SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO = 1.1;
+
+const BURST_PIPE_COUNT = 4;
+
+// --- Helpers ---
+
+function range(a: number, b: number): number {
+  return (b - a) * Math.random() + a;
+}
+
+// --- Engine ---
+
+export class PipesEngine implements AnimationEngine {
+  id = "pipes";
+  name = "Pipes";
+
+  private grid: (PipeCell | null)[][] = [];
+  private cols = 0;
+  private rows = 0;
+  private activePipes: ActivePipe[] = [];
+  private palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+  private width = 0;
+  private height = 0;
+  private cellSize = CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP;
+  private fontSize = CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP;
+  private font = `bold ${CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP}px monospace`;
+  private mouseX = -1000;
+  private mouseY = -1000;
+  private elapsed = 0;
+  private growTimer = 0;
+  private exiting = false;
+  private nextPipeId = 0;
+  private offsetX = 0;
+  private offsetY = 0;
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    _bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.growTimer = 0;
+    this.exiting = false;
+    this.computeGrid();
+    this.spawnInitialPipes();
+  }
+
+  private computeGrid(): void {
+    this.cellSize = this.width <= 768 ? CELL_SIZE_MOBILE : CELL_SIZE_DESKTOP;
+    this.fontSize = this.cellSize;
+    this.font = `bold ${this.fontSize}px monospace`;
+    this.cols = Math.floor(this.width / this.cellSize);
+    this.rows = Math.floor(this.height / this.cellSize);
+    this.offsetX = Math.floor((this.width - this.cols * this.cellSize) / 2);
+    this.offsetY = Math.floor((this.height - this.rows * this.cellSize) / 2);
+    this.grid = Array.from({ length: this.cols }, () =>
+      Array.from({ length: this.rows }, () => null)
+    );
+  }
+
+  private randomColor(): [number, number, number] {
+    // Prefer bright variants (second half of palette) if available
+    const brightStart = Math.floor(this.palette.length / 2);
+    if (brightStart > 0 && this.palette.length > brightStart) {
+      return this.palette[brightStart + Math.floor(Math.random() * (this.palette.length - brightStart))];
+    }
+    return this.palette[Math.floor(Math.random() * this.palette.length)];
+  }
+
+  private spawnInitialPipes(): void {
+    this.activePipes = [];
+    for (let i = 0; i < MAX_ACTIVE_PIPES; i++) {
+      this.activePipes.push(this.makeEdgePipe(i * 400));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private makeEdgePipe(delay: number): ActivePipe {
+    const color = this.randomColor();
+    // Pick a random edge and inward-facing direction
+    const edge = Math.floor(Math.random() * 4) as Dir;
+    let x: number, y: number, dir: Dir;
+
+    switch (edge) {
+      case 0: // top edge, face down
+        x = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.cols);
+        y = 0;
+        dir = 2;
+        break;
+      case 1: // right edge, face left
+        x = this.cols - 1;
+        y = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.rows);
+        dir = 3;
+        break;
+      case 2: // bottom edge, face up
+        x = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.cols);
+        y = this.rows - 1;
+        dir = 0;
+        break;
+      default: // left edge, face right
+        x = 0;
+        y = Math.floor(Math.random() * this.rows);
+        dir = 1;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return { id: this.nextPipeId++, x, y, dir, color: [...color], spawnDelay: delay };
+  }
+
+  private placeSegment(x: number, y: number, char: string, color: [number, number, number], pipeId: number): void {
+    if (x < 0 || x >= this.cols || y < 0 || y >= this.rows) return;
+    this.grid[x][y] = {
+      char,
+      pipeId,
+      placedAt: this.elapsed,
+      color: [...color],
+      baseColor: [...color],
+      opacity: 0,
+      elevation: 0,
+      targetElevation: 0,
+      fadeOut: false,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private isOccupied(x: number, y: number): boolean {
+    if (x < 0 || x >= this.cols || y < 0 || y >= this.rows) return true;
+    return this.grid[x][y] !== null;
+  }
+
+  private pickTurn(currentDir: Dir): Dir {
+    // Turn left or right relative to current direction
+    const leftDir = ((currentDir + 3) % 4) as Dir;
+    const rightDir = ((currentDir + 1) % 4) as Dir;
+    return Math.random() < 0.5 ? leftDir : rightDir;
+  }
+
+  private growPipe(pipe: ActivePipe): boolean {
+    // Decide direction
+    let newDir = pipe.dir;
+    let turned = false;
+    if (Math.random() < TURN_CHANCE) {
+      newDir = this.pickTurn(pipe.dir);
+      turned = true;
+    }
+
+    const nx = pipe.x + DX[newDir];
+    const ny = pipe.y + DY[newDir];
+
+    // Check if destination is valid
+    if (this.isOccupied(nx, ny)) {
+      // If we tried to turn, try going straight instead
+      if (turned) {
+        const sx = pipe.x + DX[pipe.dir];
+        const sy = pipe.y + DY[pipe.dir];
+        if (!this.isOccupied(sx, sy)) {
+          // Continue straight — place straight piece at destination
+          this.placeSegment(sx, sy, getStraightChar(pipe.dir), pipe.color, pipe.id);
+          pipe.x = sx;
+          pipe.y = sy;
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+      return false; // dead end
+    }
+
+    if (turned) {
+      // Replace current head cell with corner piece (turn happens HERE)
+      const cell = this.grid[pipe.x]?.[pipe.y];
+      if (cell) {
+        cell.char = getCornerChar(pipe.dir, newDir);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Place straight piece at destination
+    this.placeSegment(nx, ny, getStraightChar(newDir), pipe.color, pipe.id);
+    pipe.dir = newDir;
+    pipe.x = nx;
+    pipe.y = ny;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // --- Interface Methods ---
+
+  beginExit(): void {
+    if (this.exiting) return;
+    this.exiting = true;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < this.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = this.grid[i][j];
+        if (cell) {
+          setTimeout(() => {
+            cell.fadeOut = true;
+          }, Math.random() * 3000);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean {
+    if (!this.exiting) return false;
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < this.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = this.grid[i][j];
+        if (cell && cell.opacity > 0.01) return false;
+      }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  cleanup(): void {
+    this.grid = [];
+    this.activePipes = [];
+  }
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void {
+    const dt = deltaTime / (1000 / TARGET_FPS);
+    this.elapsed += deltaTime;
+
+    // Grow pipes
+    if (!this.exiting) {
+      this.growTimer += deltaTime;
+      while (this.growTimer >= GROW_INTERVAL) {
+        this.growTimer -= GROW_INTERVAL;
+
+        for (let i = this.activePipes.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          const pipe = this.activePipes[i];
+
+          if (pipe.spawnDelay > 0) {
+            pipe.spawnDelay -= GROW_INTERVAL;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          // Place starting segment if this is the first step
+          if (!this.isOccupied(pipe.x, pipe.y)) {
+            this.placeSegment(pipe.x, pipe.y, getStraightChar(pipe.dir), pipe.color, pipe.id);
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          if (!this.growPipe(pipe)) {
+            // Pipe is dead, replace it
+            this.activePipes[i] = this.makeEdgePipe(0);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Update cells: fade in/out, mouse influence
+    const mouseX = this.mouseX;
+    const mouseY = this.mouseY;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < this.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = this.grid[i][j];
+        if (!cell) continue;
+
+        // Age-based fade: old segments start dissolving
+        if (!cell.fadeOut && !this.exiting && this.elapsed - cell.placedAt > PIPE_LIFETIME) {
+          cell.fadeOut = true;
+        }
+
+        // Fade in/out
+        if (cell.fadeOut) {
+          cell.opacity -= FADE_OUT_SPEED * dt;
+          if (cell.opacity <= 0) {
+            cell.opacity = 0;
+            this.grid[i][j] = null; // free the cell for new pipes
+            continue;
+          }
+        } else if (cell.opacity < 1) {
+          cell.opacity = Math.min(1, cell.opacity + FADE_IN_SPEED * dt);
+        }
+
+        // Mouse influence
+        const cx = this.offsetX + i * this.cellSize + this.cellSize / 2;
+        const cy = this.offsetY + j * this.cellSize + this.cellSize / 2;
+        const dx = cx - mouseX;
+        const dy = cy - mouseY;
+        const dist = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
+
+        if (dist < MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS && cell.opacity > 0.1) {
+          const inf = Math.cos((dist / MOUSE_INFLUENCE_RADIUS) * (Math.PI / 2));
+          cell.targetElevation = ELEVATION_FACTOR * inf * inf;
+
+          const shift = inf * COLOR_SHIFT_AMOUNT * 0.5;
+          cell.color = [
+            Math.min(255, Math.max(0, cell.baseColor[0] + shift)),
+            Math.min(255, Math.max(0, cell.baseColor[1] + shift)),
+            Math.min(255, Math.max(0, cell.baseColor[2] + shift)),
+          ];
+        } else {
+          cell.targetElevation = 0;
+          cell.color[0] += (cell.baseColor[0] - cell.color[0]) * 0.1;
+          cell.color[1] += (cell.baseColor[1] - cell.color[1]) * 0.1;
+          cell.color[2] += (cell.baseColor[2] - cell.color[2]) * 0.1;
+        }
+
+        cell.elevation +=
+          (cell.targetElevation - cell.elevation) * ELEVATION_LERP_SPEED * dt;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    _width: number,
+    _height: number
+  ): void {
+    ctx.font = this.font;
+    ctx.textBaseline = "top";
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < this.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = this.grid[i][j];
+        if (!cell || cell.opacity <= 0.01) continue;
+
+        const x = this.offsetX + i * this.cellSize;
+        const y = this.offsetY + j * this.cellSize - cell.elevation;
+        const [r, g, b] = cell.color;
+
+        // Shadow
+        if (cell.elevation > 0.5) {
+          const shadowAlpha = 0.2 * (cell.elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * cell.opacity;
+          ctx.globalAlpha = shadowAlpha;
+          ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(0,0,0)";
+          ctx.fillText(cell.char, x, y + cell.elevation * SHADOW_OFFSET_RATIO);
+        }
+
+        // Main
+        ctx.globalAlpha = cell.opacity;
+        ctx.fillStyle = `rgb(${r},${g},${b})`;
+        ctx.fillText(cell.char, x, y);
+
+        // Highlight
+        if (cell.elevation > 0.5) {
+          const highlightAlpha = 0.1 * (cell.elevation / ELEVATION_FACTOR) * cell.opacity;
+          ctx.globalAlpha = highlightAlpha;
+          ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(255,255,255)";
+          ctx.fillText(cell.char, x, y);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    ctx.globalAlpha = 1;
+  }
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.elapsed = 0;
+    this.growTimer = 0;
+    this.exiting = false;
+    this.computeGrid();
+    this.spawnInitialPipes();
+  }
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, _isDown: boolean): void {
+    this.mouseX = x;
+    this.mouseY = y;
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void {
+    if (this.exiting) return;
+
+    // Convert to grid coords
+    const gx = Math.floor((x - this.offsetX) / this.cellSize);
+    const gy = Math.floor((y - this.offsetY) / this.cellSize);
+
+    // Spawn pipes in all 4 directions from click point
+    for (let d = 0; d < BURST_PIPE_COUNT; d++) {
+      const dir = d as Dir;
+      const color = this.randomColor();
+      this.activePipes.push({
+        id: this.nextPipeId++,
+        x: gx,
+        y: gy,
+        dir,
+        color: [...color],
+        spawnDelay: 0,
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void {}
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void {
+    this.mouseX = -1000;
+    this.mouseY = -1000;
+  }
+
+  updatePalette(palette: [number, number, number][], _bgColor: string): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    // Assign by pipeId so all segments of the same pipe get the same color
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.cols; i++) {
+      for (let j = 0; j < this.rows; j++) {
+        const cell = this.grid[i][j];
+        if (cell) {
+          cell.baseColor = palette[cell.pipeId % palette.length];
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/src/components/background/engines/shuffle.ts
+++ b/src/components/background/engines/shuffle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+import { GameOfLifeEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/game-of-life";
+import { LavaLampEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/lava-lamp";
+import { ConfettiEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/confetti";
+import { AsciiquariumEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/asciiquarium";
+import { PipesEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/pipes";
+
+type ChildId = "game-of-life" | "lava-lamp" | "confetti" | "asciiquarium" | "pipes";
+
+const CHILD_IDS: ChildId[] = [
+  "game-of-life",
+  "lava-lamp",
+  "confetti",
+  "asciiquarium",
+  "pipes",
+];
+
+const PLAY_DURATION = 30_000;
+const STATE_KEY = "shuffle-state";
+
+interface StoredState {
+  childId: ChildId;
+  startedAt: number;
+}
+
+function createChild(id: ChildId): AnimationEngine {
+  switch (id) {
+    case "game-of-life":
+      return new GameOfLifeEngine();
+    case "lava-lamp":
+      return new LavaLampEngine();
+    case "confetti":
+      return new ConfettiEngine();
+    case "asciiquarium":
+      return new AsciiquariumEngine();
+    case "pipes":
+      return new PipesEngine();
+  }
+}
+
+function pickDifferent(current: ChildId | null): ChildId {
+  const others = current
+    ? CHILD_IDS.filter((id) => id !== current)
+    : CHILD_IDS;
+  return others[Math.floor(Math.random() * others.length)];
+}
+
+function save(state: StoredState): void {
+  try {
+    localStorage.setItem(STATE_KEY, JSON.stringify(state));
+  } catch {}
+}
+
+function load(): StoredState | null {
+  try {
+    const raw = localStorage.getItem(STATE_KEY);
+    if (!raw) return null;
+    const state = JSON.parse(raw) as StoredState;
+    if (CHILD_IDS.includes(state.childId)) return state;
+    return null;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+export class ShuffleEngine implements AnimationEngine {
+  id = "shuffle";
+  name = "Shuffle";
+
+  private child: AnimationEngine | null = null;
+  private currentChildId: ChildId | null = null;
+  private startedAt = 0;
+  private phase: "playing" | "exiting" = "playing";
+
+  private width = 0;
+  private height = 0;
+  private palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+  private bgColor = "";
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    bgColor: string
+  ): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.bgColor = bgColor;
+
+    const stored = load();
+
+    if (stored && Date.now() - stored.startedAt < PLAY_DURATION) {
+      // Animation still within its play window — continue it
+      // Covers: Astro nav, sidebar mount, layout switch, quick refresh
+      this.currentChildId = stored.childId;
+    } else {
+      // No recent state (first visit, hard refresh after timer expired) — game-of-life
+      this.currentChildId = "game-of-life";
+    }
+
+    this.startedAt = Date.now();
+
+    this.phase = "playing";
+    this.child = createChild(this.currentChildId);
+    this.child.init(this.width, this.height, this.palette, this.bgColor);
+    save({ childId: this.currentChildId, startedAt: this.startedAt });
+  }
+
+  private switchTo(childId: ChildId, startedAt: number): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.cleanup();
+    this.currentChildId = childId;
+    this.startedAt = startedAt;
+    this.phase = "playing";
+    this.child = createChild(childId);
+    this.child.init(this.width, this.height, this.palette, this.bgColor);
+  }
+
+  private advance(): void {
+    // Check if another instance already advanced
+    const stored = load();
+    if (stored && stored.childId !== this.currentChildId) {
+      this.switchTo(stored.childId, stored.startedAt);
+    } else {
+      const next = pickDifferent(this.currentChildId);
+      const now = Date.now();
+      save({ childId: next, startedAt: now });
+      this.switchTo(next, now);
+    }
+  }
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void {
+    if (!this.child) return;
+
+    // Sync: if another instance (sidebar, tab) switched, follow
+    const stored = load();
+    if (stored && stored.childId !== this.currentChildId) {
+      this.switchTo(stored.childId, stored.startedAt);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.child.update(deltaTime);
+
+    const elapsed = Date.now() - this.startedAt;
+
+    if (this.phase === "playing" && elapsed >= PLAY_DURATION) {
+      this.child.beginExit();
+      this.phase = "exiting";
+    }
+
+    if (this.phase === "exiting" && this.child.isExitComplete()) {
+      this.child.cleanup();
+      this.advance();
+    }
+  }
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    width: number,
+    height: number
+  ): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.render(ctx, width, height);
+  }
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void {
+    this.width = width;
+    this.height = height;
+    if (this.child) this.child.handleResize(width, height);
+  }
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, isDown: boolean): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.handleMouseMove(x, y, isDown);
+  }
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.handleMouseDown(x, y);
+  }
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.handleMouseUp();
+  }
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.handleMouseLeave();
+  }
+
+  updatePalette(palette: [number, number, number][], bgColor: string): void {
+    this.palette = palette;
+    this.bgColor = bgColor;
+    if (this.child) this.child.updatePalette(palette, bgColor);
+  }
+
+  beginExit(): void {
+    if (this.child) this.child.beginExit();
+  }
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean {
+    return this.child ? this.child.isExitComplete() : true;
+  }
+
+  cleanup(): void {
+    if (this.child) {
+      this.child.cleanup();
+      this.child = null;
+    }
+  }
+}
--- a/src/components/background/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/background/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+import { GameOfLifeEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/game-of-life";
+import { LavaLampEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/lava-lamp";
+import { ConfettiEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/confetti";
+import { AsciiquariumEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/asciiquarium";
+import { PipesEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/pipes";
+import { ShuffleEngine } from "@/components/background/engines/shuffle";
+import { getStoredAnimationId } from "@/lib/animations/engine";
+import type { AnimationEngine } from "@/lib/animations/types";
+import type { AnimationId } from "@/lib/animations";
+
+const SIDEBAR_WIDTH = 240;
+
+const FALLBACK_PALETTE: [number, number, number][] = [
+  [204, 36, 29], [152, 151, 26], [215, 153, 33],
+  [69, 133, 136], [177, 98, 134], [104, 157, 106],
+  [251, 73, 52], [184, 187, 38], [250, 189, 47],
+  [131, 165, 152], [211, 134, 155], [142, 192, 124],
+];
+
+function createEngine(id: AnimationId): AnimationEngine {
+  switch (id) {
+    case "lava-lamp":
+      return new LavaLampEngine();
+    case "confetti":
+      return new ConfettiEngine();
+    case "asciiquarium":
+      return new AsciiquariumEngine();
+    case "pipes":
+      return new PipesEngine();
+    case "shuffle":
+      return new ShuffleEngine();
+    case "game-of-life":
+    default:
+      return new GameOfLifeEngine();
+  }
+}
+
+function readPaletteFromCSS(): [number, number, number][] {
+  try {
+    const style = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement);
+    const keys = [
+      "--color-red", "--color-green", "--color-yellow",
+      "--color-blue", "--color-purple", "--color-aqua",
+      "--color-red-bright", "--color-green-bright", "--color-yellow-bright",
+      "--color-blue-bright", "--color-purple-bright", "--color-aqua-bright",
+    ];
+    const palette: [number, number, number][] = [];
+    for (const key of keys) {
+      const val = style.getPropertyValue(key).trim();
+      if (val) {
+        const parts = val.split(" ").map(Number);
+        if (parts.length === 3 && parts.every((n) => !isNaN(n))) {
+          palette.push([parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]]);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return palette.length > 0 ? palette : FALLBACK_PALETTE;
+  } catch {
+    return FALLBACK_PALETTE;
+  }
+}
+
+function readBgFromCSS(): string {
+  try {
+    const val = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
+      .getPropertyValue("--color-background")
+      .trim();
+    if (val) {
+      const [r, g, b] = val.split(" ");
+      return `rgb(${r}, ${g}, ${b})`;
+    }
+  } catch {}
+  return "rgb(0, 0, 0)";
+}
+
+interface BackgroundProps {
+  layout?: "index" | "sidebar" | "content";
+  position?: "left" | "right";
+}
+
+const Background: React.FC<BackgroundProps> = ({
+  layout = "index",
+  position = "left",
+}) => {
+  const canvasRef = useRef<HTMLCanvasElement>(null);
+  const engineRef = useRef<AnimationEngine | null>(null);
+  const animationFrameRef = useRef<number>();
+  const lastUpdateTimeRef = useRef<number>(0);
+  const resizeTimeoutRef = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>();
+  const dimensionsRef = useRef({ width: 0, height: 0 });
+
+  const setupCanvas = (
+    canvas: HTMLCanvasElement,
+    width: number,
+    height: number
+  ) => {
+    const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+    if (!ctx) return;
+
+    const dpr = window.devicePixelRatio || 1;
+    canvas.width = width * dpr;
+    canvas.height = height * dpr;
+    ctx.scale(dpr, dpr);
+
+    canvas.style.width = `${width}px`;
+    canvas.style.height = `${height}px`;
+
+    return ctx;
+  };
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const canvas = canvasRef.current;
+    if (!canvas) return;
+
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    const signal = controller.signal;
+
+    const displayWidth =
+      layout === "index" ? window.innerWidth : SIDEBAR_WIDTH;
+    const displayHeight = window.innerHeight;
+    dimensionsRef.current = { width: displayWidth, height: displayHeight };
+
+    const ctx = setupCanvas(canvas, displayWidth, displayHeight);
+    if (!ctx) return;
+
+    const palette = readPaletteFromCSS();
+    const bgColor = readBgFromCSS();
+
+    // Initialize engine
+    if (!engineRef.current) {
+      const animId = getStoredAnimationId();
+      engineRef.current = createEngine(animId);
+      engineRef.current.init(displayWidth, displayHeight, palette, bgColor);
+    }
+
+    // Handle animation switching
+    const handleAnimationChanged = (e: Event) => {
+      const detail = (e as CustomEvent).detail;
+      if (!detail?.id) return;
+
+      if (engineRef.current) {
+        engineRef.current.cleanup();
+      }
+
+      const w = layout === "index" ? window.innerWidth : SIDEBAR_WIDTH;
+      const h = window.innerHeight;
+      engineRef.current = createEngine(detail.id);
+      engineRef.current.init(w, h, readPaletteFromCSS(), readBgFromCSS());
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener("animation-changed", handleAnimationChanged, {
+      signal,
+    });
+
+    // Handle theme changes — only update if palette actually changed
+    let currentPalette = palette;
+    const handleThemeChanged = () => {
+      const newPalette = readPaletteFromCSS();
+      const newBg = readBgFromCSS();
+      const same =
+        newPalette.length === currentPalette.length &&
+        newPalette.every(
+          (c, i) =>
+            c[0] === currentPalette[i][0] &&
+            c[1] === currentPalette[i][1] &&
+            c[2] === currentPalette[i][2]
+        );
+      if (!same && engineRef.current) {
+        currentPalette = newPalette;
+        engineRef.current.updatePalette(newPalette, newBg);
+      }
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener("theme-changed", handleThemeChanged, { signal });
+
+    // Handle resize
+    const handleResize = () => {
+      if (signal.aborted) return;
+
+      if (resizeTimeoutRef.current) {
+        clearTimeout(resizeTimeoutRef.current);
+      }
+
+      resizeTimeoutRef.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        if (signal.aborted) return;
+
+        const w = layout === "index" ? window.innerWidth : SIDEBAR_WIDTH;
+        const h = window.innerHeight;
+
+        const newCtx = setupCanvas(canvas, w, h);
+        if (!newCtx) return;
+
+        lastUpdateTimeRef.current = 0;
+        dimensionsRef.current = { width: w, height: h };
+
+        if (engineRef.current) {
+          engineRef.current.handleResize(w, h);
+        }
+      }, 250);
+    };
+
+    // Mouse events
+    const handleMouseDown = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      if (!engineRef.current || !canvas) return;
+
+      // Don't spawn when clicking interactive elements
+      const target = e.target as HTMLElement;
+      if (target.closest("a, button, [role='button'], input, select, textarea, label, [onclick], [tabindex]")) return;
+
+      const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const mouseX = e.clientX - rect.left;
+      const mouseY = e.clientY - rect.top;
+
+      if (
+        mouseX < 0 ||
+        mouseX > rect.width ||
+        mouseY < 0 ||
+        mouseY > rect.height
+      )
+        return;
+
+      e.preventDefault();
+      engineRef.current.handleMouseDown(mouseX, mouseY);
+    };
+
+    const handleMouseMove = (e: MouseEvent) => {
+      if (!engineRef.current || !canvas) return;
+
+      const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const mouseX = e.clientX - rect.left;
+      const mouseY = e.clientY - rect.top;
+
+      engineRef.current.handleMouseMove(mouseX, mouseY, e.buttons === 1);
+    };
+
+    const handleMouseUp = () => {
+      if (engineRef.current) {
+        engineRef.current.handleMouseUp();
+      }
+    };
+
+    const handleMouseLeave = () => {
+      if (engineRef.current) {
+        engineRef.current.handleMouseLeave();
+      }
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener("mousedown", handleMouseDown, { signal });
+    window.addEventListener("mousemove", handleMouseMove, { signal });
+    window.addEventListener("mouseup", handleMouseUp, { signal });
+
+    // Visibility change
+    const handleVisibilityChange = () => {
+      if (document.hidden) {
+        if (animationFrameRef.current) {
+          cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameRef.current);
+          animationFrameRef.current = undefined;
+        }
+      } else {
+        if (!animationFrameRef.current) {
+          lastUpdateTimeRef.current = performance.now();
+          animationFrameRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(animate);
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    // Animation loop
+    const animate = (currentTime: number) => {
+      if (signal.aborted) return;
+
+      if (!lastUpdateTimeRef.current) {
+        lastUpdateTimeRef.current = currentTime;
+      }
+
+      const deltaTime = currentTime - lastUpdateTimeRef.current;
+      const clampedDeltaTime = Math.min(deltaTime, 100);
+      lastUpdateTimeRef.current = currentTime;
+
+      const engine = engineRef.current;
+      if (engine) {
+        engine.update(clampedDeltaTime);
+
+        // Clear canvas
+        const bg = readBgFromCSS();
+        ctx.fillStyle = bg;
+        ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
+
+        const { width: rw, height: rh } = dimensionsRef.current;
+        engine.render(ctx, rw, rh);
+      }
+
+      animationFrameRef.current = requestAnimationFrame(animate);
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener("visibilitychange", handleVisibilityChange, {
+      signal,
+    });
+    window.addEventListener("resize", handleResize, { signal });
+    animate(performance.now());
+
+    return () => {
+      controller.abort();
+      if (animationFrameRef.current) {
+        cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameRef.current);
+      }
+      if (resizeTimeoutRef.current) {
+        clearTimeout(resizeTimeoutRef.current);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [layout]);
+
+  const isIndex = layout === "index";
+  const isSidebar = !isIndex;
+
+  const getContainerStyle = (): React.CSSProperties => {
+    if (isIndex) return {};
+    // Fade the inner edge so blobs don't hard-cut at the content boundary
+    return {
+      maskImage:
+        position === "left"
+          ? "linear-gradient(to right, black 60%, transparent 100%)"
+          : "linear-gradient(to left, black 60%, transparent 100%)",
+      WebkitMaskImage:
+        position === "left"
+          ? "linear-gradient(to right, black 60%, transparent 100%)"
+          : "linear-gradient(to left, black 60%, transparent 100%)",
+    };
+  };
+
+  const getContainerClasses = () => {
+    if (isIndex) {
+      return "fixed inset-0 -z-10";
+    }
+
+    const baseClasses = "fixed top-0 bottom-0 hidden lg:block -z-10";
+    return position === "left"
+      ? `${baseClasses} left-0`
+      : `${baseClasses} right-0`;
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className={getContainerClasses()} style={getContainerStyle()}>
+      <canvas
+        ref={canvasRef}
+        className="w-full h-full bg-background"
+        style={{ cursor: "default" }}
+      />
+      <div className="absolute inset-0 bg-background/30 backdrop-blur-sm pointer-events-none" />
+      <div className="crt-scanlines absolute inset-0 pointer-events-none" />
+      <div className="crt-bloom absolute inset-0 pointer-events-none" />
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default Background;
--- a/src/src/components/blog/comments.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/blog/comments.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/blog/header.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/blog/header.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React from "react";
 import { RssIcon, TagIcon, TrendingUpIcon } from "lucide-react";
 import { AnimateIn } from "@/components/animate-in";

--- a/src/src/components/blog/post-list.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/blog/post-list.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React from "react";
 import { AnimateIn } from "@/components/animate-in";

 type BlogPost = {
--- a/src/src/components/blog/tag-list.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/blog/tag-list.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/footer/index.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/footer/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React from "react";
 import { Links } from "@/components/footer/links";

 export default function Footer({ fixed = false }) {
--- a/src/src/components/footer/links.ts
+++ b/src/src/components/footer/links.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ interface FooterLink {
 export const Links: FooterLink[] = [
  { id: 0, href: "mailto:contact@timmypidashev.dev", label: "Contact", color: "text-green" },
  { id: 1, href: "https://github.com/timmypidashev", label: "Github", color: "text-yellow" },
-  { id: 3, href: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-pidashev-4353812b8", label: "Linkedin", color: "text-blue" },
+  { id: 3, href: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-pidashev-4353812b8", label: "LinkedIn", color: "text-blue" },
  { id: 4, href: "https://github.com/timmypidashev/web", label: "Source", color: "text-purple" },
-  { id: 5, href: "https://github.com/timmypidashev/web/releases", label: "v2", color: "text-aqua" }
+  { id: 5, href: "https://github.com/timmypidashev/web/releases", label: "v3", color: "text-aqua" }
 ];
--- a/src/src/components/header/index.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/header/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from "react";
 import { Links } from "@/components/header/links";

-export default function Header() {
+export default function Header({ transparent = false }: { transparent?: boolean }) {
  const [isClient, setIsClient] = useState(false);
  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(true);
  const [lastScrollY, setLastScrollY] = useState(0);
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function Header() {
    return linkHref !== "/" && path.startsWith(linkHref);
  };

-  const isIndexPage = checkIsActive("/");
+  const isIndexPage = transparent || checkIsActive("/");
  const headerLinks = Links.map((link) => {
    const isActive = checkIsActive(link.href);
    
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export default function Header() {
        className={`
          relative inline-block
          ${link.color}
-          ${!isIndexPage ? 'bg-black' : ''}
+          ${!isIndexPage ? 'bg-background' : ''}
        `}
      >
        <a 
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ export default function Header() {
      <div className={`
        w-full flex flex-row items-center justify-center
        pointer-events-none
-        ${!isIndexPage ? 'bg-black md:bg-transparent' : ''}
+        ${!isIndexPage ? 'bg-background md:bg-transparent' : ''}
      `}>
        <div className={`
          w-full md:w-auto flex flex-row pt-1 px-2 text-lg lg:text-3xl md:text-2xl
          items-center justify-between md:justify-center space-x-2 md:space-x-10 lg:space-x-20 md:py-2
          pointer-events-none [&_a]:pointer-events-auto
-          ${!isIndexPage ? 'bg-black md:px-20' : ''}
+          ${!isIndexPage ? 'bg-background md:px-20' : ''}
        `}>
          {headerLinks}
        </div>
--- a/src/src/components/header/links.ts
+++ b/src/src/components/header/links.ts
--- a/src/src/components/hero/index.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/hero/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React from "react";
 import Typewriter from "typewriter-effect";

 const html = (strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: any[]) => {
--- a/src/src/components/mdx/command.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/mdx/command.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/mdx/video.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/mdx/video.tsx
--- a/src/src/components/projects/project-list.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/projects/project-list.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import React from "react";
 import type { CollectionEntry } from "astro:content";
 import { AnimateIn } from "@/components/animate-in";

--- a/src/src/components/resume/index.tsx
+++ b/src/src/components/resume/index.tsx
--- a/src/components/theme-switcher/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/theme-switcher/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { useRef, useState, useEffect } from "react";
+import { getStoredThemeId, getNextTheme, applyTheme } from "@/lib/themes/engine";
+
+const FADE_DURATION = 300;
+
+const LABELS: Record<string, string> = {
+  darkbox: "classic",
+  "darkbox-retro": "retro",
+  "darkbox-dim": "dim",
+};
+
+export default function ThemeSwitcher() {
+  const [hovering, setHovering] = useState(false);
+  const [currentLabel, setCurrentLabel] = useState("");
+
+  const maskRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const animatingRef = useRef(false);
+  const committedRef = useRef("");
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    committedRef.current = getStoredThemeId();
+    setCurrentLabel(LABELS[committedRef.current] ?? "");
+
+    const handleSwap = () => {
+      const id = getStoredThemeId();
+      applyTheme(id);
+      committedRef.current = id;
+      setCurrentLabel(LABELS[id] ?? "");
+    };
+
+    document.addEventListener("astro:after-swap", handleSwap);
+    return () => {
+      document.removeEventListener("astro:after-swap", handleSwap);
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleClick = () => {
+    if (animatingRef.current) return;
+    animatingRef.current = true;
+
+    const mask = maskRef.current;
+    if (!mask) return;
+
+    const v = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement)
+      .getPropertyValue("--color-background")
+      .trim();
+    const [r, g, b] = v.split(" ").map(Number);
+
+    mask.style.backgroundColor = `rgb(${r},${g},${b})`;
+    mask.style.opacity = "1";
+    mask.style.visibility = "visible";
+    mask.style.transition = "none";
+
+    const next = getNextTheme(committedRef.current);
+    applyTheme(next.id);
+    committedRef.current = next.id;
+    setCurrentLabel(LABELS[next.id] ?? "");
+
+    mask.offsetHeight;
+
+    mask.style.transition = `opacity ${FADE_DURATION}ms ease-out`;
+    mask.style.opacity = "0";
+
+    const onEnd = () => {
+      mask.removeEventListener("transitionend", onEnd);
+      mask.style.visibility = "hidden";
+      mask.style.transition = "none";
+      animatingRef.current = false;
+    };
+
+    mask.addEventListener("transitionend", onEnd);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      <div
+        className="fixed bottom-4 right-4 z-[101] pointer-events-auto hidden md:block"
+        onMouseEnter={() => setHovering(true)}
+        onMouseLeave={() => setHovering(false)}
+        onClick={handleClick}
+        style={{ cursor: "pointer" }}
+      >
+        <span
+          className="text-foreground font-bold text-sm select-none transition-opacity duration-200"
+          style={{ opacity: hovering ? 0.8 : 0.15 }}
+        >
+          {currentLabel}
+        </span>
+      </div>
+
+      <div
+        ref={maskRef}
+        className="fixed inset-0 z-[100] pointer-events-none"
+        style={{ visibility: "hidden", opacity: 0 }}
+      />
+    </>
+  );
+}
--- a/src/src/content.config.ts
+++ b/src/src/content.config.ts
--- a/src/src/content/blog/breaking-the-chromebook-cage.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/breaking-the-chromebook-cage.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/blog/components/my-first-post/cookie.tsx
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/components/my-first-post/cookie.tsx
--- a/src/src/content/blog/components/thinkpad-t440p-coreboot-guide/advertisement.tsx
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/components/thinkpad-t440p-coreboot-guide/advertisement.tsx
--- a/src/src/content/blog/json-as-machine-code.keep
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/json-as-machine-code.keep
--- a/src/src/content/blog/my-first-post.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/my-first-post.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/blog/the-unforeseen-future-of-ai-driven-development.keep
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/the-unforeseen-future-of-ai-driven-development.keep
--- a/src/src/content/blog/thinkpad-t440p-coreboot-guide.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/blog/thinkpad-t440p-coreboot-guide.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/projects/darkbox.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/projects/darkbox.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/projects/fhccenter.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/projects/fhccenter.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/projects/iridescent.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/projects/iridescent.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/projects/reviveauto.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/projects/reviveauto.mdx
--- a/src/src/content/projects/web.mdx
+++ b/src/src/content/projects/web.mdx
--- a/src/src/env.d.ts
+++ b/src/src/env.d.ts
--- a/src/src/layouts/content.astro
+++ b/src/src/layouts/content.astro
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import { ClientRouter } from "astro:transitions";
 import Header from "@/components/header";
 import Footer from "@/components/footer";
 import Background from "@/components/background";
+import ThemeSwitcher from "@/components/theme-switcher";
+import AnimationSwitcher from "@/components/animation-switcher";
+import { THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT, THEME_NAV_SCRIPT } from "@/lib/themes/loader";
+import { ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT, ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT } from "@/lib/animations/loader";

 export interface Props {
  title: string;
@@ -20,17 +24,13 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
    <title>{title}</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
-    <!-- OpenGraph -->
    <meta property="og:image" content={ogImage} />
    <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
    <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
-    <!-- Twitter -->
    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
    <meta name="twitter:image" content={ogImage} />
    <meta name="twitter:description" content={description} />
-    <!-- Basic meta description for search engines -->
    <meta name="description" content={description} />
-    <!-- Also used in OpenGraph for social media sharing -->
    <meta property="og:description" content={description} />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/jpeg" href="/me.jpeg" />
    <ClientRouter
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
      ::view-transition-new(:root) {
        animation: none;
      }
-      
      ::view-transition-old(:root) {
        animation: 90ms ease-out both fade-out;
      }
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
        to { opacity: 0; }
      }
    </style>
+    <script is:inline set:html={THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT} />
+    <script is:inline set:html={ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT} />
  </head>
  <body class="bg-background text-foreground min-h-screen flex flex-col">
    <Header client:load />
@@ -65,10 +66,9 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
    <div class="mt-auto">
      <Footer client:load transition:persist />
    </div>
-    <script>
-      document.addEventListener("astro:after-navigation", () => {
-        window.scrollTo(0, 0);
-      });
-    </script>
+    <ThemeSwitcher client:only="react" transition:persist />
+    <AnimationSwitcher client:only="react" transition:persist />
+    <script is:inline set:html={`window.scrollTo(0,0);` + THEME_NAV_SCRIPT} />
+    <script is:inline set:html={ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT} />
  </body>
 </html>
--- a/src/src/layouts/index.astro
+++ b/src/src/layouts/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-const { content } = Astro.props;
-
 import "@/style/globals.css";

 import { ClientRouter } from "astro:transitions";
@@ -8,6 +6,10 @@ import { ClientRouter } from "astro:transitions";
 import Header from "@/components/header";
 import Footer from "@/components/footer";
 import Background from "@/components/background";
+import ThemeSwitcher from "@/components/theme-switcher";
+import AnimationSwitcher from "@/components/animation-switcher";
+import { THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT, THEME_NAV_SCRIPT } from "@/lib/themes/loader";
+import { ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT, ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT } from "@/lib/animations/loader";

 export interface Props {
  title: string;
@@ -23,28 +25,30 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
    <title>{title}</title>
 		<meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
-    <!-- OpenGraph -->
    <meta property="og:image" content={ogImage} />
    <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
    <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
-    <!-- Twitter -->
    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
    <meta name="twitter:image" content={ogImage} />
    <meta name="twitter:description" content={description} />
-    <!-- Basic meta description for search engines -->
    <meta name="description" content={description} />
-    <!-- Also used in OpenGraph for social media sharing -->
    <meta property="og:description" content={description} />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/jpeg" href="/me.jpeg" />
    <link rel="sitemap" href="/sitemap-index.xml" />
    <ClientRouter />
+    <script is:inline set:html={THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT} />
+    <script is:inline set:html={ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT} />
 	</head>
  <body class="bg-background text-foreground">
-    <Header client:load />
+    <Header client:load transparent />
    <main transition:animate="fade">
      <Background layout="index" client:only="react" transition:persist />
      <slot />
    </main>
    <Footer client:load transition:persist fixed=true />
+    <ThemeSwitcher client:only="react" transition:persist />
+    <AnimationSwitcher client:only="react" transition:persist />
+    <script is:inline set:html={THEME_NAV_SCRIPT} />
+    <script is:inline set:html={ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT} />
 	</body>
 </html>
--- a/src/src/layouts/resource.astro
+++ b/src/src/layouts/resource.astro
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import { ClientRouter } from "astro:transitions";
 import Header from "@/components/header";
 import Footer from "@/components/footer";
 import Background from "@/components/background";
+import ThemeSwitcher from "@/components/theme-switcher";
+import AnimationSwitcher from "@/components/animation-switcher";
+import { THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT, THEME_NAV_SCRIPT } from "@/lib/themes/loader";
+import { ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT, ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT } from "@/lib/animations/loader";

 export interface Props {
  title: string;
@@ -20,17 +24,13 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
    <title>{title}</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
-    <!-- OpenGraph -->
    <meta property="og:image" content={ogImage} />
    <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200" />
    <meta property="og:image:height" content="630" />
-    <!-- Twitter -->
    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" />
    <meta name="twitter:image" content={ogImage} />
    <meta name="twitter:description" content={description} />
-    <!-- Basic meta description for search engines -->
    <meta name="description" content={description} />
-    <!-- Also used in OpenGraph for social media sharing -->
    <meta property="og:description" content={description} />
    <link rel="icon" type="image/jpeg" href="/me.jpeg" />
    <ClientRouter
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
      ::view-transition-new(:root) {
        animation: none;
      }
-      
      ::view-transition-old(:root) {
        animation: 90ms ease-out both fade-out;
      }
@@ -50,6 +49,8 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
        to { opacity: 0; }
      }
    </style>
+    <script is:inline set:html={THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT} />
+    <script is:inline set:html={ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT} />
  </head>
  <body class="bg-background text-foreground min-h-screen flex flex-col">
    <main class="flex-1 flex flex-col">
@@ -61,10 +62,9 @@ const ogImage = "https://timmypidashev.dev/og-image.jpg";
        <Background layout="content" position="left" client:only="react" transition:persist />
      </div>
    </main>
-    <script>
-      document.addEventListener("astro:after-navigation", () => {
-        window.scrollTo(0, 0);
-      });
-    </script>
+    <ThemeSwitcher client:only="react" transition:persist />
+    <AnimationSwitcher client:only="react" transition:persist />
+    <script is:inline set:html={`window.scrollTo(0,0);` + THEME_NAV_SCRIPT} />
+    <script is:inline set:html={ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT} />
  </body>
 </html>
--- a/src/lib/animations/engine.ts
+++ b/src/lib/animations/engine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { ANIMATION_IDS, DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID } from "@/lib/animations";
+import type { AnimationId } from "@/lib/animations";
+
+export function getStoredAnimationId(): AnimationId {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID;
+  const stored = localStorage.getItem("animation");
+  if (stored && (ANIMATION_IDS as readonly string[]).includes(stored)) {
+    return stored as AnimationId;
+  }
+  return DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID;
+}
+
+export function saveAnimation(id: AnimationId): void {
+  localStorage.setItem("animation", id);
+}
+
+export function getNextAnimation(currentId: AnimationId): AnimationId {
+  const idx = ANIMATION_IDS.indexOf(currentId);
+  return ANIMATION_IDS[(idx + 1) % ANIMATION_IDS.length];
+}
--- a/src/lib/animations/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/animations/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+export const ANIMATION_IDS = ["shuffle", "game-of-life", "lava-lamp", "confetti", "asciiquarium", "pipes"] as const;
+export type AnimationId = (typeof ANIMATION_IDS)[number];
+export const DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID: AnimationId = "shuffle";
+
+export const ANIMATION_LABELS: Record<AnimationId, string> = {
+  "shuffle": "shuffle",
+  "game-of-life": "life",
+  "lava-lamp": "lava",
+  "confetti": "confetti",
+  "asciiquarium": "aquarium",
+  "pipes": "pipes",
+};
--- a/src/lib/animations/loader.ts
+++ b/src/lib/animations/loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { ANIMATION_IDS, DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID } from "@/lib/animations";
+
+const VALID_IDS = JSON.stringify(ANIMATION_IDS);
+
+export const ANIMATION_LOADER_SCRIPT = `(function(){var id=localStorage.getItem("animation");if(id&&${VALID_IDS}.indexOf(id)!==-1)document.documentElement.dataset.animation=id;else document.documentElement.dataset.animation="${DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID}";})();`;
+
+export const ANIMATION_NAV_SCRIPT = `document.addEventListener("astro:after-navigation",function(){var id=localStorage.getItem("animation");if(id&&${VALID_IDS}.indexOf(id)!==-1)document.documentElement.dataset.animation=id;else document.documentElement.dataset.animation="${DEFAULT_ANIMATION_ID}";});`;
--- a/src/lib/animations/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/animations/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+export interface AnimationEngine {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+
+  init(
+    width: number,
+    height: number,
+    palette: [number, number, number][],
+    bgColor: string
+  ): void;
+
+  update(deltaTime: number): void;
+
+  render(
+    ctx: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
+    width: number,
+    height: number
+  ): void;
+
+  handleResize(width: number, height: number): void;
+
+  handleMouseMove(x: number, y: number, isDown: boolean): void;
+
+  handleMouseDown(x: number, y: number): void;
+
+  handleMouseUp(): void;
+
+  handleMouseLeave(): void;
+
+  updatePalette(palette: [number, number, number][], bgColor: string): void;
+
+  beginExit(): void;
+
+  isExitComplete(): boolean;
+
+  cleanup(): void;
+}
--- a/src/src/lib/structuredData.ts
+++ b/src/src/lib/structuredData.ts
--- a/src/lib/themes/engine.ts
+++ b/src/lib/themes/engine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import { THEMES, DEFAULT_THEME_ID } from "@/lib/themes";
+import { CSS_PROPS } from "@/lib/themes/props";
+import type { Theme } from "@/lib/themes/types";
+
+export function getStoredThemeId(): string {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined") return DEFAULT_THEME_ID;
+  return localStorage.getItem("theme") || DEFAULT_THEME_ID;
+}
+
+export function saveTheme(id: string): void {
+  localStorage.setItem("theme", id);
+}
+
+export function getNextTheme(currentId: string): Theme {
+  const list = Object.values(THEMES);
+  const idx = list.findIndex((t) => t.id === currentId);
+  return list[(idx + 1) % list.length];
+}
+
+/** Sets CSS vars and notifies canvas, but does NOT persist to localStorage. */
+export function previewTheme(id: string): void {
+  const theme = THEMES[id];
+  if (!theme) return;
+
+  const root = document.documentElement;
+  for (const [key, prop] of CSS_PROPS) {
+    root.style.setProperty(prop, theme.colors[key]);
+  }
+
+
+  document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("theme-changed", { detail: { id } }));
+}
+
+export function applyTheme(id: string): void {
+  const theme = THEMES[id];
+  if (!theme) return;
+
+  // Set CSS vars on :root for immediate visual update
+  const root = document.documentElement;
+  for (const [key, prop] of CSS_PROPS) {
+    root.style.setProperty(prop, theme.colors[key]);
+  }
+
+  // Update <style id="theme-vars"> so Astro view transitions don't revert
+  let el = document.getElementById("theme-vars") as HTMLStyleElement | null;
+  if (!el) {
+    el = document.createElement("style");
+    el.id = "theme-vars";
+    document.head.appendChild(el);
+  }
+  let css = ":root{";
+  for (const [key, prop] of CSS_PROPS) {
+    css += `${prop}:${theme.colors[key]};`;
+  }
+  css += "}";
+  el.textContent = css;
+
+  saveTheme(id);
+
+  document.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent("theme-changed", { detail: { id } }));
+}
--- a/src/lib/themes/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/themes/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import type { Theme } from "./types";
+
+export const DEFAULT_THEME_ID = "darkbox-retro";
+
+function theme(
+  id: string,
+  name: string,
+  type: "dark" | "light",
+  colors: Theme["colors"],
+  palette: [number, number, number][]
+): Theme {
+  return { id, name, type, colors, canvasPalette: palette };
+}
+
+// Three darkbox variants from darkbox.nvim
+// Classic (vivid) → Retro (muted) → Dim (deep)
+// Each variant's "bright" is the next level up's base.
+
+export const THEMES: Record<string, Theme> = {
+  darkbox: theme("darkbox", "Darkbox Classic", "dark", {
+    background: "0 0 0",
+    foreground: "235 219 178",
+    red: "251 73 52", redBright: "255 110 85",
+    orange: "254 128 25", orangeBright: "255 165 65",
+    green: "184 187 38", greenBright: "210 215 70",
+    yellow: "250 189 47", yellowBright: "255 215 85",
+    blue: "131 165 152", blueBright: "165 195 180",
+    purple: "211 134 155", purpleBright: "235 165 180",
+    aqua: "142 192 124", aquaBright: "175 220 160",
+    surface: "60 56 54",
+  }, [[251,73,52],[184,187,38],[250,189,47],[131,165,152],[211,134,155],[142,192,124]]),
+
+  "darkbox-retro": theme("darkbox-retro", "Darkbox Retro", "dark", {
+    background: "0 0 0",
+    foreground: "189 174 147",
+    red: "204 36 29", redBright: "251 73 52",
+    orange: "214 93 14", orangeBright: "254 128 25",
+    green: "152 151 26", greenBright: "184 187 38",
+    yellow: "215 153 33", yellowBright: "250 189 47",
+    blue: "69 133 136", blueBright: "131 165 152",
+    purple: "177 98 134", purpleBright: "211 134 155",
+    aqua: "104 157 106", aquaBright: "142 192 124",
+    surface: "60 56 54",
+  }, [[204,36,29],[152,151,26],[215,153,33],[69,133,136],[177,98,134],[104,157,106]]),
+
+  "darkbox-dim": theme("darkbox-dim", "Darkbox Dim", "dark", {
+    background: "0 0 0",
+    foreground: "168 153 132",
+    red: "157 0 6", redBright: "204 36 29",
+    orange: "175 58 3", orangeBright: "214 93 14",
+    green: "121 116 14", greenBright: "152 151 26",
+    yellow: "181 118 20", yellowBright: "215 153 33",
+    blue: "7 102 120", blueBright: "69 133 136",
+    purple: "143 63 113", purpleBright: "177 98 134",
+    aqua: "66 123 88", aquaBright: "104 157 106",
+    surface: "60 56 54",
+  }, [[157,0,6],[121,116,14],[181,118,20],[7,102,120],[143,63,113],[66,123,88]]),
+};
--- a/src/lib/themes/loader.ts
+++ b/src/lib/themes/loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/**
+ * Generates the inline <script> content for theme loading.
+ * Called at build time in Astro frontmatter.
+ * The script reads "theme" from localStorage, looks up colors, injects a <style> tag.
+ */
+import { THEMES } from "@/lib/themes";
+import { CSS_PROPS } from "@/lib/themes/props";
+
+// Pre-build a { prop: value } map for each theme at build time
+const themeVars: Record<string, Record<string, string>> = {};
+for (const [id, theme] of Object.entries(THEMES)) {
+  const vars: Record<string, string> = {};
+  for (const [key, prop] of CSS_PROPS) {
+    vars[prop] = theme.colors[key];
+  }
+  themeVars[id] = vars;
+}
+
+// Sets inline styles on <html> — highest specificity, beats any stylesheet
+const APPLY = `var v=t[id];if(!v)return;var s=document.documentElement.style;for(var k in v)s.setProperty(k,v[k])`;
+const LOOKUP = `var id=localStorage.getItem("theme");if(!id)return;var t=${JSON.stringify(themeVars)};`;
+
+export const THEME_LOADER_SCRIPT = `(function(){${LOOKUP}${APPLY}})();`;
+
+export const THEME_NAV_SCRIPT = `document.addEventListener("astro:after-navigation",function(){${LOOKUP}${APPLY}});`;
--- a/src/lib/themes/props.ts
+++ b/src/lib/themes/props.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { ThemeColors } from "@/lib/themes/types";
+
+export const CSS_PROPS: [keyof ThemeColors, string][] = [
+  ["background", "--color-background"],
+  ["foreground", "--color-foreground"],
+  ["red", "--color-red"],
+  ["redBright", "--color-red-bright"],
+  ["orange", "--color-orange"],
+  ["orangeBright", "--color-orange-bright"],
+  ["green", "--color-green"],
+  ["greenBright", "--color-green-bright"],
+  ["yellow", "--color-yellow"],
+  ["yellowBright", "--color-yellow-bright"],
+  ["blue", "--color-blue"],
+  ["blueBright", "--color-blue-bright"],
+  ["purple", "--color-purple"],
+  ["purpleBright", "--color-purple-bright"],
+  ["aqua", "--color-aqua"],
+  ["aquaBright", "--color-aqua-bright"],
+  ["surface", "--color-surface"],
+];
--- a/src/lib/themes/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/themes/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export interface ThemeColors {
+  background: string;
+  foreground: string;
+  red: string;
+  redBright: string;
+  orange: string;
+  orangeBright: string;
+  green: string;
+  greenBright: string;
+  yellow: string;
+  yellowBright: string;
+  blue: string;
+  blueBright: string;
+  purple: string;
+  purpleBright: string;
+  aqua: string;
+  aquaBright: string;
+  surface: string;
+}
+
+export interface Theme {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+  type: "dark" | "light";
+  colors: ThemeColors;
+  canvasPalette: [number, number, number][];
+}
--- a/src/src/pages/404.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/404.astro
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import GlitchText from "@/components/404/glitched-text";
 const title = "404 Not Found";
 ---

-<IndexLayout content={{ title: "404 | Timothy Pidashev" }}>
+<IndexLayout title="404 | Timothy Pidashev" description="Page not found">
  <main class="min-h-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center p-4 text-center">
    <GlitchText client:only />
    <p class="text-xl text-orange mb-8">Whoops! This page doesn't exist :(</p>
--- a/src/src/pages/about.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/about.astro
--- a/src/src/pages/api/wakatime/activity.ts
+++ b/src/src/pages/api/wakatime/activity.ts
--- a/src/src/pages/api/wakatime/alltime.ts
+++ b/src/src/pages/api/wakatime/alltime.ts
--- a/src/src/pages/api/wakatime/detailed.ts
+++ b/src/src/pages/api/wakatime/detailed.ts
--- a/src/src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/blog/[...slug].astro
--- a/src/src/pages/blog/index.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/blog/index.astro
--- a/src/src/pages/blog/tags/index.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/blog/tags/index.astro
--- a/src/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/index.astro
--- a/src/src/pages/projects/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/projects/[...slug].astro
--- a/src/src/pages/projects/index.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/projects/index.astro
--- a/src/src/pages/resume.astro
+++ b/src/src/pages/resume.astro
--- a/src/src/pages/robots.txt.ts
+++ b/src/src/pages/robots.txt.ts
--- a/Show More
+++ b/Show More
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Timothy Pidashev	99e4e65d92	migrate to vercel; bump version	2026-03-31 12:11:30 -07:00
Timothy Pidashev	11f05e0d6f	bugfixes	2026-03-31 12:00:27 -07:00
Timothy Pidashev	367470b54e	Retro is now default palette	2026-03-31 11:29:30 -07:00
Timothy Pidashev	78f1bc2ef6	Add shuffle, pipes engines; lots of polish	2026-03-31 11:12:24 -07:00
Timothy Pidashev	174ca69dcd	Add confetti animation	2026-03-30 18:21:27 -07:00
Timothy Pidashev	f6f9c15e0c	Add lavalamp animation	2026-03-30 17:57:32 -07:00
Timothy Pidashev	16902f00f4	Add darkbox palette themes	2026-03-30 17:17:52 -07:00